The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Chandigarh has sent suspended Punjab Police DIG, Harcharan Singh Bhullar, to CBI custody even as the Punjab Vigilance Bureau also made an abortive attempt to get his custody.

The CBI’s application for Bhullar’s remand comes on the heels of the Punjab Vigilance registering a parallel case of disproportionate assets against Bhullar, even as the CBI also registered the same case on the same day, on October 29.

The CBI has already got a nine-day police remand of Kirshanu Sharda, the co-accused in the DIG Bhullar case. Sources said the agency wants to confront Bhullar and Sharda face-to-face and to record their statements.

In a related development, the Punjab Vigilance also wanted to take Bhullar’s custody on Saturday by moving an applicatio

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