Suspended DIG moves court seeking de-freezing of accounts
Chandigarh, November 18, 2025 (Bharat Khabarnama Bureau) – The family of suspended Ropar Range DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar, arrested in an Rs 8 lakh bribery case, has approached the special CBI court in Chandigarh claiming they are unable to meet basic household expenses after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) froze all bank accounts belonging to Bhullar and his family members.
According to the petition filed through his lawyer, the CBI’s sweeping freeze imposed soon after Bhullar’s arrest has blocked access to salary, pension, rental income and farm earnings, leaving the family without working funds. The special court has issued a notice to the CBI and fixed November 20 for hearing the plea.
Family says income blocked
Bhullar’s counsel argued that while the agency is free to continue its disproportionate assets investigation, the family should not be deprived of legitimate income. The plea states that his wife’s account, where agricultural earnings and rent payments were usually deposited, has also been frozen, making it impossible to run daily affairs or manage farm operations.
He further prayed that the CBI has additionally frozen Bhullar’s salary account, the account of his son Gurpartap Singh Bhullar, who serves as Assistant Advocate General, Punjab and even the pension account of Bhullar’s father, former DGP Mehal Singh Bhullar. With access to all these accounts blocked, the family says they have no means to withdraw money for daily expenses, utilities or agricultural expenses.
Hearing to coincide with end of judicial remand
The matter will be heard on November 20, the same day that the 14 days judicial remand of Harcharan Bhullar and his alleged conduit, Krishanu Sharda, comes to an end who has been lodged in Burail jail. Both accused are due to be produced before the special CBI court on the same date, making it a crucial day for proceedings in the widening corruption and money-laundering probe.
The CBI is expected to file its response on whether any of the frozen accounts can be partially de-freezed for subsistence needs or whether the freeze must continue as part of the ongoing financial investigation into Bhullar’s alleged illegal assets.
