Sachin Pilot, Raja Warring detained amid protest against Punjab minister over Dalit man's 'suicide'
The Congress demanded Harpal Singh Cheema's removal and an independent probe after Gulzar Singh died by alleged suicide following questions about drugs.
- On Tuesday, police in Chandigarh detained Punjab Congress leaders, including AICC general secretary Sachin Pilot and Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, during a protest demanding Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema's resignation.
- The demonstration followed the September 7 suicide of Gulzar Singh, a 53-year-old labourer from Sangrur district, who allegedly consumed poison after being harassed for questioning Cheema about drug availability in his area.
- Pilot alleged that Singh named Cheema in a video recorded before his death, asking, "Does the law not say that there should be an investigation, there should be an FIR?"
- Security forces used water cannons to disperse the crowd and erected barricades to prevent marchers from reaching Cheema's official residence, taking several leaders into custody.
- The protest marks an early test of Pilot's political strategy as the new Punjab in-charge, as Congress leaders pledged to continue raising issues regarding the "black darkness of drugs" affecting the state's younger generation.
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