Chandigarh, Oct. 9 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) on Wednesday granted interim protection from arrest to Gurjot Singh Kaler, an assistant inspector general (AIG) with Punjab Police, in an abetment to suicide case in which a Mohali businessman had shot himself dead inside HDFC's Sector 68 branch on September 9.

Kaler had approached HC after his plea seeking protection from arrest was rejected by a Mohali court on September 16.

Mohali police had booked Kaler, 38, and five others on September 10 for driving the victim to suicide. The victim had left a suicide note and a video, accusing multiple people of duping him of crores through immigration and property investment frauds.

Kaler, once served as SP (traffic and cyber crime) i...