Delhi/Chandigarh, March 24 -- As many as five MPs from Punjab on Monday wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah, seeking a CBI inquiry into the alleged suicide of a state warehousing corporation district manager, Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, following threats made by ex-minister Laljit Singh Bhullar.The MPs wrote the letters after Shah assured them of a CBI probe if all MPs from the state submit a written request.

Amritsar Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla raised the issue in the Lok Sabha. Intercepting Shah as he was leaving the House, Aujla pressed for action into the Bhullar case. He alleged that Bhullar had put pressure on the official, leading to his suicide.

Shah replied that if all Punjab MPs together give him a written request, he wil...