New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, October 12, restrained he Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from taking coercive action against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Rajbir Singh Ghuman in the alleged corruption case within the government.

The court issued notice to the central probe agency, adding that the petition will however cooperate with the investigation. A bench of Justice MM Sundresh and PB Varale passed the order on an appeal moved by the Punjab government.

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The government appeal had challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s recent order directing CBI to register a criminal case into allegations of corruption against the OSD.

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