India, Oct. 17 -- A day after Punjab Police deputy inspector general (DIG) Harcharan Singh Bhullar was arrested for demanding Rs.8 lakh bribe from a scrap dealer of Fatehgarh Sahib, a special CBI judge in Chandigarh sent him to 14 days in judicial custody.

The Central Bureau of Investigation told judge Alka Malik that it had recovered Rs.7.5 crore in cash and 2kg of gold jewellery besides luxury watches from Bhullar's residence.

The judge ordered that Bhullar be produced before the court via video-conferencing on October 30. The prosecution did not press for his police remand.

Bhullar, the son of former Punjab director general of police Mehal Singh Bhullar, is the first senior Punjab Police officer to be arrested for graft under the Aa...