Gagandeep Randhawa death case: Punjab ex-minister Laljit Singh Bhullar sent to 5-day police remand

PTC Web Desk:  Former Punjab Cabinet minister Laljit Singh Bhullar, who was arrested in connection with the suicide case of DM Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, was produced before a local court in Amritsar on Tuesday, which sent him to five-day police remand.

The police produced Bhullar in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Supreet Kaur and sought a seven-day police remand to further investigate the matter. After hearing arguments from both the prosecution and the defence, the court granted a five-day police remand.

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Notably, the Amritsar police on Sunday registered an FIR against Laljit Bhullar after Punjab Warehousing Corporation DM Gagandeep Randhawa committed suicide on Saturday. Bhullar's father Sukhdev Singh Bhullar and PA Dilbagh Singh were also booked. 

Victim's wife Upinder Kaur, in her complaint, accused Bhullar, his father and PA of forcing her husband to take the extreme step. She accused Bhullar of assaulting her husband, and repeatedly humiliating her husband over the allotment of warehouse tenders. After bearing the torture, Randhawa allegedly consumed celphos on Saturday morning. Before taking the extreme step, he recorded a short video, which is now viral on social media.