The CBI has registered a case and taken over the probe into anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota’s murder in Mansa, Punjab. Shot dead inside a medical store on October 13, Jhota’s killing has triggered demands for justice, with his family yet to allow his last rites.
The CBI has registered a case into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab’s Mansa and taken over the investigation, officials said on Wednesday.
A team of CBI officials has already reached Punjab to probe all angles of the killing, they said.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann announced on Tuesday that the killing will be investigated by the CBI.
ਨਸ਼ਿਆਂ ਖਿਲਾਫ਼ ਲੜ ਰਹੇ ਪਰਮਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਝੋਟਾ ਦੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਅਸੀਂ ਹਰ ਸਮੇਂ ਡੱਟ ਕੇ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ ਹਾਂ…
ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਦੀ ਮੰਗ ਨੂੰ ਪ੍ਰਵਾਨ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ, ਅਸੀਂ ਇਹ ਕੇਸ CBI ਨੂੰ ਸੌਂਪ ਰਹੇ ਹਾਂ…
ਨਸ਼ੇ ਦੇ ਸੌਦਾਗਰਾਂ ਖਿਲਾਫ਼ ਸਾਡੀ ਲੜਾਈ ਆਰ-ਪਾਰ ਦੀ ਹੈ… ਪੰਜਾਬ ਨੂੰ ਨਸ਼ਾ-ਮੁਕਤ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਜੋ ਵੀ ਸਖ਼ਤ ਕਦਮ ਚੁੱਕਣਾ ਪਿਆ, ਅਸੀਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਟਾਂਗੇ…— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) October 20, 2026
“We stand firmly with the father and the family of Parvinder Singh Jhota, who was fighting against drugs. Accepting the demand of the family, we are handing over this case to the CBI. Our fight against drug peddlers is all-out. We will not back down from whatever tough steps we have to take to make Punjab drug-free,” Mann said on X in Punjabi.
The family of Jhota has been demanding a CBI probe into the murder.
Known for raising his voice against the illegal sale of addictive substances at chemist shops, Jhota was shot in broad daylight inside a medical store at a busy marketplace in Mansa on October 13.