Ruling out any possibility of ordering CBI investigation in Rs6,000 crore drug racket case, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Monday said that the State police was responsibly carrying out investigation with due deliberation and utmost sincerity.
Talking to media persons after felicitating Amanjot Kaur Ramoowalia for assuming the charge of her new assignment as District Planning Committee chairperson at Deputy Commissioner’s office, Badal claimed that “the CBI is a Government agency”.
“An impartial DIG level investigation is being conducted by the Punjab Police… The entire case would be thoroughly investigated to get at the bottom of the case and none would be spared if found guilty, who so ever influential he might be,” said Badal.
He said: “Congress party is indulging in political gimmickry just to gain cheep popularity…It is devoid of agenda and only priority of that party is sitting on dharna or staging protests without any valid reasons.”
Responding to the allegations levelled by alleged drug smuggler Jagdish Singh Bhola against Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia of being involved in the case, Badal said that Congress was relying on a statement made by a criminal who is facing several cases.
“Tomorrow he may take my name,” he said adding that the present drug case is being probed under the supervision of the State police chief Sumedh Singh Saini. “Those found guilty in this case would not be spared and will be given stern punishment,” he added.
Chief Minister also deplored the action of his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and his ministers of holding ‘dharna’, terming it as “absurd” and against the spirit of the Constitution.
“Dharna by a person, who is chief minister, is against the spirit of the Constitution. It looks absurd that the chief minister and his Cabinet is resorting to such steps,” he said.
For issues like registration of an FIR in a case, workers can sit on dharna but it looks “absurd” that the Chief Minister and his cabinet is resorting to such steps, the Akali stalwart told reporters on the sidelines of a function at Mohali near here.
“I think his (Kejriwal’s) action may be the first such case in the history of the country,” he said.
Kejriwal and his Ministers today began a dharna outside Rail Bhavan in New Delhi demanding action against police officials who refused to carry out a raid on an alleged drug and prostitution racket in South Delhi last week.