47-year-old consumed poison following alleged public humiliation by villagers after he questioned Punjab minister Harpal Cheema over local drug problem.

47-year-old consumed poison following alleged public humiliation by villagers after he questioned Punjab minister Harpal Cheema over local drug problem.

Distressed by the harassment, the FIR states, the man consumed poison and later died at a private hospital in Ludhiana on Monday night

The National Commission for Scheduled Castes claimed that the dalit man took the extreme step after “threats and intimidation”.