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Punjab Drugs Case: SC Restrains Cops From Arresting Bikram Majithia Till Feb 23

Chandigarh: Supreme Court has restrained the cops from arresting Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Majithia in the Punjab drug case, till February 23. This is a small and temporary relief for the party. 

However he should surrender before the court on February 23, after the elections in Punjab. He was booked under the Narcotic Drug and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) Act.

The Supreme Court order will allow Majithia to campaign for his party freely. Bikram Majithia has filed his nomination from both Amritsar East and Majitha constituencies.

Chief Justice of India NV Ramana asked the Punjab governmentโ€™s lawyer to โ€œadvise the state that the impression should not go out that politically motivated cases are being filedโ€.

A petition filed by Simarjeet Singh Bains, a two-time MLA from Atam Nagar (Ludhiana) and president of Lok Insaaf Party (LIP), will be heard on Tuesday. 

Majithia has pitched that there is a political motive behind the FIR against him and must be seen contexting with the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls. The general secretary of the Shiromani Akali Dal, Bikram Singh Majithia is the brother-in-law of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

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Rabri Devi criticises Modi for remaining silent on Muzaffarpur shelter home scandal

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Patna |Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to speak even โ€œa wordโ€ at a rally he addressed in Muzaffarpur on Tuesday on the infamous shelter home sex scandal in the north Bihar city.

The RJD national vice-president and wife of jailed party chief Lalu Prasad vented her ire on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

The leader of Opposition in the legislative council also accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and other state cabinet members of being โ€œresponsibleโ€ for the sexual abuse of inmates of the state-funded care unit.

The matter is being investigated by the CBI under the supervision of the Supreme Court.

โ€œIt has been a year since the horrific scandal came to light. Modi has not spoken a word so far. The PM did not utter a word on this sordid episode at the rally where Nitish and his ministers, who have been responsible for the shameful incident, shared the stage,โ€ Rabri Devi tweeted.

The scandal had come to light last year when the Mumbai-based Tata Institute of Social Sciences, in its social audit report on shelter homes funded by the state social welfare department, had flagged complaints of sexual abuse of inmates of the Muzaffarpur shelter home.

The issue rocked both houses of the legislature in the state as well as Parliament and investigation, which had led to arrests of several accused including prime accused Brajesh Thakur and a number of his close aides besides government officials, was handed over to the CBI.

On the directions of the Supreme Court, Thakur has been transferred to a jail in Patiala while the trial in the case has been shifted to a Special POCSO court in Delhi.

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