Patiala/Amritsar, March 24 -- Former Punjab minister Laljit Singh Bhullar was arrested on Monday in connection with the alleged suicide of a state warehousing corporation official in Amritsar, amid calls by the victim's family for a CBI probe and a post-mortem examination under the supervision of a judicial magistrate.

"Bhullar was arrested from Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district," said Fatehgarh Sahib superintendent of police (SP) Jaskirat Singh.

Police said Bhullar was being brought from Mandi Gobindgarh to Amritsar.

Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, the district manager of Punjab State Warehousing Corporation in Amritsar, allegedly ended his life by consuming poison early Saturday. A video appeared in which he purportedly claimed ...