Chandigarh/Amritsar:
Punjab transport and jails minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was asked to resign by chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday after his name surfaced in the suicide case of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, district manager (DM) of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, Amritsar. (HT file photo) Punjab transport and jails minister Laljit Singh Bhullar resigned from the Bhagwant Mann-led cabinet on Saturday, hours after Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the Amritsar district manager of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (PSWC), ended his life after accusing the minister of harassment and coercion.
Randhawa, 45, reportedly consumed Celphos at his Ranjit Avenue residence in Amritsar in the early hours of Saturday. Before the toxin took effect, Randhawa recorded a 12-second video on his mobile phone at 12.12am, stating, “Kha layi Celphos thuade yaar ne minister Laljit Bhullar de dar ton, hun ni bachda (Your friend has consumed poison due to fear of minister Laljit Bhullar; I won’t survive now).”
His family remained unaware of the act until 5.30am, when he began shivering and complaining of unease. He was rushed to a private hospital but was declared brought dead. Randhawa is survived by his wife, a government school teacher, and three children.
Allegations of coercion at gunpoint
The controversy stems from a dispute over warehousing tenders. The PSWC Field Employees Union alleged that Randhawa was mentally harassed because he refused to clear tenders for godowns owned by political aides that did not meet technical criteria.
Randhawa’s maternal uncle, while speaking to Shiromani Akali Dal l
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