AMRITSAR, Jan. 2 -- Punjab Police on Thursday arrested Satinder Singh Kohli, former internal auditor of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and close associate of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal, in the 328 missing saroops case, from a hotel in Chandigarh.

Confirming the arrest, Amritsar deputy commissioner of police (DCP-investigation) Ravinderpal Singh Sandhu said Kohli is in the custody of the Amritsar police commissionerate and will be produced in court on Friday. Sandhu is also a member of the special investigation team (SIT) constituted by the Punjab government to probe the case.

The arrest marks the first major custodial action since the registration of an FIR in the long-pending matter, whi...