India, March 23 -- After Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was arrested by police from Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Monday afternoon in connection with an abetment-to-suicide case involving a Warehousing Corporation officer, opposition, including BJP, Congress and Shiromani Akali Dal, are pushing home ministry for a CBI probe into the matter.

On March 21, Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, district manager of the Punjab Warehousing Corporation, died by suicide, allegedly blaming the minister for pressuring him with threats.

Randhawa's wife, Upinder Kaur, registered an FIR on March 22 against Bhullar, accusing him of threatening her husband with violent consequences if he refused to cancel a tender and reissue it in the mini...