India, March 21 -- Punjab transport and jails minister Laljit Singh Bhullar resigned from the Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party government on Saturday after his name surfaced in the suicide case of Gagandeep Singh Randhawa, district manager (DM) of the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, Amritsar.

According to an official communication, Bhullar was asked to resign by chief minister Bhagwant Mann, who has also ordered an independent probe into the matter.

Randhawa, a resident of Ranjit Avenue who also held the additional charge of Patti, died after consuming a poisonous substance on Friday evening. Before his death, a video surfaced on social media in which Randhawa is heard saying, "Kha layi (poison) thuade yaar ne minister Laljit Bhu...