A special CBI court in Chandigarh on Friday sent Punjab Deputy Inspector General (Ropar Range) Harcharan Singh Bhullar to 14 days of judicial custody in a bribery case. The 2009-batch IPS officer was produced before the court of Special Judge Sushil Kumar Garg after completion of his medical examination. His co-accused, alleged middleman Kirshanu Sharda, was also brought along amid tight security.

Inside the courtroom, Bhullar appeared with his face covered by a handkerchief, which the judge directed him to remove before the proceedings began. CBI officials informed the court that the agency had completed its initial interrogation and no further police custody was being sought at this stage. The CBI prosecutor submitted that the case involved serious allegations of corruption by a serving

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