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Shiromani Akali Dal leader and former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was on Wednesday taken into custody by the state vigilance team following raids at his residence in Amritsar. 

He has been arrested in a disproportionate assets case and is being taken to Mohali, as per The Tribune. 

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Several SAD workers have gathered outside Majithia's house to protest against his arrest.

Majithia is the brother-in-law of Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal and brother of former Union Minister and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal.

Reacting over raids at Majithia’s house, his sister Harsimrat Kaur said the former faced action as he had been openly criticising the wrongdoings of the Bhagwant Mann-led government in Punjab. She said he state government’s move has refreshed the memory of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi on this very day.

“Today, the way the puppet Bhagwant Mann sent his police to my younger brother Bikram Singh Majithia's house to suppress the voice of truth has refreshed the memory of the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi on this very day, June 25, 1975. Just as Indira tried to silence the voices of her opponents, Bhagwant Mann is doing the same today. But Bhagwant Mann has forgotten that our family has never bowed before the oppression of governments in the past, nor will it bow now. Use all the force you can, but you cannot suppress the voice of truth. We will continue to expose the dark deeds of you and your government in the court of the public in this very manner. Remember, after 2027, we will not let you flee the country; your sins will be accounted for right here,” she posted on X.

SAD chief Sukhbir Badal also came out in Majithia's support and said he was being targeted for exposing the government's corruption and the party stands firm with him. 

"Shiromani Akali Dal stands steadfast with Bikram Singh Majithia. It is clear that chief minister @BhagwantMann & @AamAadmiParty have been unnerved by the resolute manner in which Mr Majithia has taken on the govt and exposed its corrupt and amoral acts. We will not be cowed down by the brutal attempts to suppress the voice of the people expressed by Mr Majithia and other Akali leaders by letting loose State agencies against them. This is not the first time that political vendetta has been unleashed against the Akali leadership. WE WILL TAKE IT HEAD ON," Badal posted on X. 

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Majithia has accused the Bhagwant Mann government of harassing him for speaking on issues related to the public of Punjab. 

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