FIR registered against Laljit Bhullar hours after his resignation over warehousing corporation official suicide
PTC News Desk: The Amritsar police on Sunday registered an FIR againt former Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar over suicide of Punjab Warehousing Corporation district manager Gagandeep Randhawa on Saturday.
A case has been registered against Laljit Singh Bhullar hours after he resigned from his post following the incident. Besides Bhullar, his father Sukhdev Bhullar and personal assistant Dilbagh Singh have also been booked.
The FIR has been registered under sections 108 (abetment to suicide), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 3(5) (common intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Gagandeep Singh Randhawa used to work as district manager Punjab State Warehousing Corporation. He allegedly died by suicide on Saturday and blamed Laljit Singh Bhullar of mentally harassing him and physicallly torturing him over warehouse construction tenders in the Patti and Khemkaran areas of Tarn Taran.
According to the complainant, Upinder Kaur, wife of the deceased, the conflict began over tenders issued in October 2025 for new warehouses in the Patti and Khemkaran areas of Tarn Taran. She also alleged that her husband was tortured to an extent that it pushed him to end his life.
Kaur in her complaint alleged that the accused constantly forced Randhawa to favour them in tender processes. However following refusal to comply, he was subjected to mental harassment and continuous intimidation.
- PTC NEWS
