Ludhiana, Feb. 22 -- PSPCL workers staged a protest outside the office of Punardeep Singh Brar, chief engineer, PSPCL's protection and maintenance wing (grids), on Ferozepur road, accusing him of resorting to corruption in the transfers of assistant linemen. Brar has rubbished the allegations.

The demonstration, organised under the banner of Joint Forum, Ekta Manch, and the Association of Junior Engineers, saw workers raising slogans against the alleged victimisation of employees. Addressing the gathering, union leaders, including Ratan Singh Majari and Harpal Singh, claimed that the official had been deliberately harassing assistant linemen who had recently been promoted.

They alleged that despite being eligible, these employees had no...