Punjab govt official's suicide: Opposition parties to jointly gherao CM residence on Sunday

CHANDIGARH: (Mar 22) Opposition parties on Saturday night announced that they would jointly gherao Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's residence in Chandigarh, demanding the arrest of former minister Laljit Singh Bhullar for the suicide of a state warehousing corporation official in Amritsar.

Earlier, several political leaders, including Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, slammed the AAP government over the official's death and demanded a CBI investigation into the circumstances that led to it.

Bhullar tendered his resignation from the state Cabinet on Saturday after the chief minister demanded that he step down amid allegations of abetment of suicide.