Amritsar, March 24 -- BJP president Sunil Jakhar demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the suicide of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, district manager of the Punjab Warehousing Corporation in Amritsar, after he was allegedly tortured by AAP MLA Laljit Singh Bhullar.

Bhullar was arrested and forced to resign as Punjab Transport Minister after opposition parties demanded action against him.

Jakhar alleged that the state government had been using "all kinds of inducements, allurements, threats, and even intimidation, including in the name of gangsters, to threaten the children". Despite such pressures, he noted, the family of the deceased stood firm in seeking justice.

Jakhar told ANI, "When Amit Shah gave his stat...