Chandigarh, May 30: G S Samra, the complainant in the corruption case in which a district judge and a judicial magistrate are allegedly involved, today claimed that he had been shot at by some persons near Jalandhar while he was coming here from Kartarpur to seek police protection. With a bandaged forehead, Samra told reporters at the High Court here that he sustained the injuries due to the shots fired at him near Balachaur in Punjab. He got medical aid and continued with his journey.

Punjab police and Chandigarh police sources said they have no information about the alleged incident.

All this appears to be a drama enacted in view of his application pending in Punjab and Haryana High Court for security, Punjab police sources alleged.

Judicial magistrate (first class), Chandigarh, S S Bhardwaj had given a slip to the CBI on May nine after he was allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs seven lakh from Samra on behalf of Jalandhar district and sessions judge R M Gupta, before whom his case was pending.

Gupta has been arrested and is now in judicial custody while Bhardwaj is on the run.

Bureau Report