Punjab: Mohali court rejects SAD leader Bikram Majithia's bail plea in drug case

SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia will now appeal before the Punjab high court for bail in a drug case. 

Chandigarh: A Mohali court on Friday rejected Shiromani Akali Dal leader Bikram Singh Majithia's regular bail plea, a day after he was remanded in judicial custody following his surrender before a court in connection with a drug case.

Majithia was remanded in judicial custody for two weeks by the court of Additional District and Sessions Judge Sandeep Kumar Singla.

The Akali leader, who was on Thursday evening taken to a Patiala jail, had moved the bail plea, which was taken up by the Mohali court on Friday.

"The court on Friday rejected the regular bail plea," said Arshdeep Singh Kaler, one of Majithia's counsels.

"We will appeal before the High Court now," he said.