Chandigarh, June 11 -- A court in Amritsar on Thursday sought CCTV footage from the police in connection with an FIR registered against senior Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia and more than 50 party supporters, while scheduling the next hearing in the matter for June 15.
The case pertains to allegations that Majithia and several Akali workers entered the Majitha police station, tore official documents and obstructed government functioning. During the hearing, both the prosecution and defence presented detailed arguments before the court.
Counsel for the defence, Advocate Ajay Kumar Varmani, told reporters that the accused had been falsely implicated in a politically motivated case. He argued that the FIR stemmed from devel...