Amritsar, May 2 -- A district and sessions court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Patti MLA and former cabinet minister Laljit Singh Bhullar's personal assistant Dilbagh Singh, an accused in the suicide case of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (PSWC) official Gagandeep Singh Randhawa.

Dilbagh has been absconding ever since the Punjab Police registered the abetment to suicide FIR on March 21 after Randhawa, 45, ended his life by allegedly consuming a poisonous substance at his Ranjit Avenue residence in Amritsar.

Apart from Dilbagh, Laljit and his father, Sukhdev Singh Bhullar, are also named in the FIR. Before the toxin took effect, Randhawa recorded a 12-second video on his mobile phone, blaming Laljit, the then tra...