Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged money laundering in a drug racket case (Press Trust of India photo)
The Enforcement Directorate has revoked the transfer of its Assistant Director Niranjan Singh posted at Jallandhar zonal office.
Mr Singh was transferred to Kolkata on January 16, days after he questioned Punjab minister Bikram Majithia, a relative of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, in the Rs 6,000 synthetic drug racket case.
Mr Singh's transfer was challenged by a non-governmental organisation in the Punjab and Haryana High Court and the matter is still being heard.
It was alleged that the officer was transferred to weaken the case as it was at a crucial stage. The Enforcement Directorate, which investigates financial crimes, has already filed the chargesheet in the case followed by a couple of supplementary chargesheets.
Minister Majithia was questioned by the officer after his name was mentioned by the main accused in the case, Jagdish Bhola.
The questioning had come in as a huge embarrassment for the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and Chief Minister Badal.
The younger brother of Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, Mr Majithia faces allegations of having links with non-resident Indians accused of international money laundering related to the drugs racket.
His name had surfaced in the case after Jagdish, who was arrested last year for drugs trade, alleged in court that it was being run under the minister's patronage and the full knowledge of the state police. He was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in December.
Sources close to Mr Majithia however have strongly refuted the allegations saying it's a ploy to malign his reputation adding that it's not the first time such allegations have been made, curiously just a few days before the Punjab assembly session is set to begin.