The Channi government is under immense pressure to act on a narcotics case involving an Akali leader. (Image: NEWS18/FILE)
Opposition parties have alleged that the ADGP went on leave amid pressure on the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government to act on politically sensitive drug cases.
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With the Charanjit Singh Channi-led government under heavy pressure to act on a Special Task Force (STF) report on drugs that allegedly “trapped” a senior Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader, A controversy has erupted after a senior officer supervised him. The matter went on leave. ADGP and Bureau of Investigation (BOI) chief SK Asthana is on two-day leave citing urgent medical emergency and said PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu is pressurizing him to act on the STF report on drugs case.
Asthana had taken over from ADGP Varinder Kumar a fortnight back. The BoI has been under heavy pressure from the government after Sidhu sought action on the report lying in a sealed cover with the High Court allegedly implicating a former Akali minister.
The STF probing the case has been consistently expressing its inability to book any high-profile person in the 2018 drug report in a sealed cover.
Asthana’s departure has triggered a political ruckus and SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal has claimed that there is pressure to register a case against police officers CM Channi, deputy CM Sukhjinder Randhawa and PPCC chiefs Navjot Singh Sidhu and Bikramjit Singh Majithia. Refusing to make. ,
“Instead of focusing on Punjab issues, the Congress government is intent on implicating Akali leaders in false drug cases,” Badal said.
Asthana is on medical leave for two days.
Opposition parties have alleged that the ADGP went on leave amid pressure on the Charanjit Singh Channi-led Congress government to act on politically sensitive drug cases. Congress leaders, including Sidhu, have mounted pressure on CM Channi to act on cases of drug and sacrilege to fulfill the promises made by the party ahead of the 2017 assembly elections.
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