Chandigarh, May 14 -- The high court on Tuesday wondered whether Rajya Sabha member and former cricketer, Harbhajan Singh, was given 15 cops by the Punjab Police as security men "unofficially."

Singh joined the BJP along with six other AAP RS members on April 24, and the next day, his security was withdrawn by the Punjab Police, an action he challenged in the high court on April 30.

During the hearing on Tuesday, the bench of justice Jagmohan Bansal noted that in the plea, Singh had claimed that he had 23 security personnel. All police officials belong to the Punjab Police; however, the government record had shown that he has been given eight cops for his security.

"From the perusal of the paperbook, it appears that there are two order...