Ex-Punjab min, father booked for abetment
India, March 23 -- Former Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar and his father were among three booked on charges of abetment of suicide following the death of a state warehousing corporation official in Amritsar, police said on Sunday. The move comes a day after Bhullar resigned from his post as transport and jails minister in the AAP government. He stepped down after chief minister Bhagwant Mann sought his resignation, with Bhullar saying he took the decision to allow a fair inquiry. On Friday, a district manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation died allegedly by suicide after consuming a poisonous substance at his residence in Amritsar. Prior to his death, a video of the official surfaced on social media, in which he claimed he had taken the step out of fear of Bhullar. A case was lodged on Saturday against the former minister, his father Sukhdev Singh Bhullar, and his personal assistant Dilbag Singh. P9...
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