Punjab anti-drug activist’s killing sparks unrest, accused’s house razed, shop torched
The house of Ashwani Kumar, the chemist arrested for shooting dead anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab’s Mansa, has been demolished. Kumar was arrested in Rajasthan’s Salasar on Wednesday after the shooting, which was captured on camera. The killing triggered a political row and sparked protests in the area.
The point-blank shooting of a Punjab anti-drug activist is snowballing into a major controversy in the state where the rampant use of narcotics and psychedelics is a significant political issue. With Tuesday’s murder of Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa... [3259 chars]
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- Punjab, Rajasthan
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- Wednesday, 14 October 2026, 1:37 pm IST
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