Chandigarh, July 17 -- A Punjab-origin man, identified as Gurjeet Singh Malhi, has been arrested over alleged possession of child pornography. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Seattle, had announced the arrest of Malhi on X on July 11. The ICE had posted about his arrest on X and wrote: "A citizen of India, Gurjeet Singh Malhi, 42, was arrested during a joint federal law enforcement action in WA (Washington). Malhi has been charged by local authorities of possession of CSAM, child sexual assault material, commonly known as child porn." After Malhi's arrest, a political uproar erupted in Punjab, as his pictures with several political leaders surfaced on Facebook and X. The BJP and Congress leaders shared photos of Malhi with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders. Congress and BJP leaders shared some of the pictures in which Malhi is seen with top leaders of the ruling AAP. Malhi, learnt to be a realtor and investor, purportedly got photos clicked with other parties' leaders too, some of which are viral on social media. Congress leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira posted a question on his Facebook page for chief minister Bhagwant Mann: "We demand an explanation from Bhagwant Mann; what is the connection of his family with a shameful criminal like NRI Gurjeet Malhi." Sharing a series of pictures in which Malhi is purportedly posing with some leaders, Khaira further wrote, in Punjabi: "Other leaders of the AAP like speaker Kultar Sandhwan, finance minister Harpal Cheema etc, should explain what is the connection of these leaders with such despicable criminals." No immediate response was available from the AAP. Malhi's photos purportedly with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former deputy CM Sukhbir Singh Badal are doing the rounds too. The BJP posted some of his photos with AAP leaders on its Chandigarh unit's official X handle, asking: "When will AAP's so-called 'revolutionaries' answer these serious questions?" Malhi is learnt to have realty interests in the satellite area of Chandigarh, particularly in the fast-growing Mohali region. It was not immediately clear how the child porn was found in his possession leading to his arrest on July 11, and whether he had since received bail....