Chandigarh, Sept. 15 -- Newly appointed AICC general secretary in-charge for Punjab Sachin Pilot on Tuesday led a protest march by Congress workers towards the residence of Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Cheema, demanding his resignation over the alleged abetment of the suicide of Dalit man Gulzar Singh.

The protestors were stopped by a heavy police deployment from reaching Cheema's residence, with police using water cannons to prevent them from moving ahead. Several Congress workers, including senior party leader Kuljit Nagra, were injured during the action.

Sachin Pilot said the Congress had no personal issue with the Finance Minister but questioned why an FIR was not registered and a probe initiated after Gulzar Singh allegedly named...