The CBI court in Chandigarh has granted five‑day remand of suspended DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

The investigating agency had sought five days’ remand a day after the court sent the accused to 14‑day judicial custody. The sudden move by the CBI to seek the remand came after the Vigilance Bureau of Punjab registered a case against him and filed an application with the Mohali court seeking his production warrant.

While appearing for the accused, senior advocate APS Deol argued that the CBI is playing a “hide-and-seek game” with the accused. He said the CBI sought the remand a day after the Vigilance Bureau registered the case against the accused. He further argued that the CBI had never sought police remand of the accused on two earlier occasio

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