Chandigarh, June 25 -- A Punjab Vigilance Bureau team raided the house of senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader and erstwhile cabinet minister Bikram Singh Majithia on Monday as part of an ongoing investigation into a case of smuggling drugs. The raid by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) relates to the FIR filed against Majithia under the NDPS Act in December 2021.

As per AAP leader and spokesperson Baltej Pannu, the raid was carried out to gather more evidence pertaining to the high-profile drug case, which has been under legal scrutiny for more than three years. The Vigilance Bureau stated that they had gone to the Mohali court to obtain a formal search warrant.

The details of the warrant or its sanction, however, are still under c...