Chandigarh, Oct. 21 -- Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann was detained for three hours at the Delhi airport on his return from France and issued a Rs.50,000 challan, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Punjab media in-charge Baltej Pannu alleged on Tuesday.

Pannu, who made the claim in a press statement, did not spell out the reason for the challan issued to the chief minister. He alleged that airport officials claimed pressure from above and described the episode as an attack on Punjab's "identity and dignity". Mann had led a state delegation to Paris in connection with participation of the Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Ltd (Markfed) in the international food trade show, SIAL 2026, being held in Paris from October 17 to Oc...