Overview
- Punjab Police arrested AAP MLA and former transport minister Laljit Singh Bhullar from Mandi Gobindgarh on March 23 in the death of warehousing official Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, with police saying he will be produced in an Amritsar court on Tuesday.
- An FIR in Amritsar names Bhullar, his father Sukhdev Singh Bhullar, and his personal assistant Dilbagh (Dilbag) Singh under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for abetment of suicide, criminal intimidation, and common intention.
- In a complaint, Randhawa’s wife Upinder Kaur alleges pressure to steer a warehouse tender to the former minister’s father, an assault at Bhullar’s Patti residence on March 13, and a coerced on-camera confession to a ₹10 lakh bribe.
- Key evidence cited includes a 12‑second mobile video in which Randhawa blames Bhullar and purported CCTV showing him consuming poison, prompting calls to secure the phone and preserve footage.
- Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann sought and accepted Bhullar’s resignation and ordered a Chief Secretary-led inquiry, while opposition leaders demand a CBI probe and Union home minister Amit Shah said he would order one if all Punjab MPs make a joint written request; several MPs have already sent letters.