As the Punjab and Haryana High Court will finally examinethe inquiry reports submitted during the past couple of years in the Punjab drughaul case tomorrow, PPCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu today took to Twitter, sayinghe is hopeful that the main culprit will be exposed and given exemplarypunishment.
In the tweet, Sidhu said, “After a long wait of 2.5 years,STF & State Govt reports on Drug trafficking against Bikramjit SinghMajithia to be examined tomorrow by the Hon’ble High Court … Hoping the MainCulprit is exposed & given exemplary punishment. It is a matter of Justicefor the Youth of Punjab!!”.
Earlier, Navjot Sidhu has questioned his own governmentand the Punjab Police on the action taken over the STF report on drugtrafficking submitted by ADGP Hapreet Sidhu before the Court.
Sidhu then without naming anyone, in a series of tweetssaid: “Punishing culprits behind drug trade is Congress’s priority under18-point agenda. What is the action taken on Majithia? While the governmentseeks extradition of NRIs linked to the same case. If further delayed, willbring resolution in Vidhan Sabha for making the reports public.”
Besides, the Punjab CM was also under fire by Cabinetcolleagues, Sidhu and the Opposition for allegedly failing to catch any topdrugs smuggler in the four-and-a-half year tenure.
They said Captain Amarinder had made a poll promise thathe would take action against drugs smugglers within a month of forming thegovernment, but it’s almost four and a half years since Congress took thecommand, and nothing concrete has been done so far in the drugs case.
In 2018, the Punjab and Haryana High Court had asked thechief of an anti-drug STF, set up by CM Capt Amarinder Singh to catch the “bigfish” in drug trade, to file a status report on the entire matter. Thereafter,on May 23, 2018, the government filed before court opinion-cum-status report,which still awaits the light of day, in a sealed envelope.
On August 13, hearing on an application filed by advocateNavkiran Singh for advancing the date of hearing in the case, the special Benchobserved that it had been recently constituted, while the various inquiryreports were submitted two to three years back and were required to be perused.
It also directed the High Court Registrar (Judicial) toproduce the reports in the chambers before the next date of hearing i.e. August27.