Goa, Aug. 23 -- In a major development, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau has filed a 40,000-page charge sheet against Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia, detailing what it claims is a web of corruption and money laundering involving over INR 700 crore in illegal assets. The submission was made in a Mohali court just 59 days after his arrest in a disproportionate assets case.

The bureau's findings point to laundering of more than Rs.540 crore of drug money through multiple channels, including INR 161 crore in unaccounted cash deposits, Rs.141 crore routed via suspected foreign entities, and INR 236 crore of unexplained funds in company financial statements. Investigators say these funds were used to amass movable and immovable properties w...