Chandigarh, Feb. 25 -- Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday completely trashed former Ludhiana DSP's charges against Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, saying had someone like Balwinder Singh Sekhon made such charges against a senior commander in the Army, he would have been court martialled and dismisses by now.

Reacting to former DSP Sekhon's allegations against the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister, which were raised by some opposition members in the House a day earlier, the Chief Minister said the former was only trying to conduct a media trial with his baseless charges.

Unfortunately, this was not the army and Sekhon could not be court martialled, said Captain Amarinder, asserting that if the...