Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira arrested in 2015 drugs case, claims family member

Punjab Police on Thursday morning arrested Congress MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in connection with a 2015 drugs case, family members of the legislator claimed.However, there was no official word on Khaira being taken into police custody.A family member of the Congress MLA went live on Facebook showing that a team of Punjab Police has reached their residence to apprehend Khaira.In the video, Khaira could be seen arguing with the police team and asking them to show him the arrest warrant. The Bholath legislator could also be seen asking for the identity of the police officers who were part of the raiding team.When Khaira asked the team where he was being taken, a police official told him that he was being taken to Jalalabad in Fazilka.Slamming the Bhagwant Mann government, the Congress MLA claimed that he was being apprehended in a fake case and that "jungle raj" was prevailing in the state.Reacting to the development, Punjab Congress President Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said the move to arrest the Congress MLA smacks of political vendetta.Taking to X, Warring said,"The recent arrest of Punjab Congress MLA Sukhpal Khaira smacks of political vendetta, it is an attempt to intimidate the opposition and is a ploy of the AAP Punjab govt to distract from core issues."The drugs case was registered in March 2015 at Jalalabad in Fazilka. Nine people were booked in the case and later convicted under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.In 2017, the Supreme Court stayed the trial court proceedings against Khaira who was summoned as an additional accused in the matter.With inputs from agencies