The New Indian Express ·
AICC General Secretary Sachin Pilot detained in Punjab protest over Gulzar Singh’s death
CHANDIGARH: AICC General Secretary and Punjab affairs in-charge Sachin Pilot, Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa and other Congress leaders were detained by the Chandigarh police during a protest over the death of daily-wage Dalit labourer Gulzar Singh on Tuesday.
State party chief Amrinder Singh, Raja Warring, former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Gurdaspur MP Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa joined Pilot during the protest and marched towards the residence of Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema, demanding his resignation for alleged abetment of suicide and his immediate arrest.
The march, led by Pilot, was stopped midway when Chandigarh Police took him, Warring and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa into preventive custody.
