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Akal Takht Jathedar Slams Punjab Government Over Anti-Drug Activist Murder
- •Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj met the family of slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab's Mansa.
- •The Jathedar criticized the Bhagwant Mann-led government for failing to curb the drug menace in the state.
- •Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead in a Mansa marketplace after questioning a store owner selling addictive drugs.
- •Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal also visited the family and demanded the dismissal of the state government.
- •The accused store owner, Ashwani Kumar, has been taken into custody from Salasar in Rajasthan.
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Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj met the family of slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab's Mansa and criticized the Bhagwant Mann government for failing to curb the drug menace. Shiromani Akali Dal leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Congress MP Amrinder Singh Raja Warring also visited the family to express their condolences.
Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead in a busy marketplace in Mansa after questioning a medical store owner for selling addictive drugs to an elderly man. The fatal incident occurred while Jhota was hosting a Facebook Live broadcast.
Ashwani Kumar, the store owner who allegedly opened fire at Parvinder Singh Jhota, was taken into custody from Salasar in Rajasthan. Meanwhile, the killing has sparked widespread protests, a Punjab bandh call, and intense political friction across the state.
