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A Voice Against Drugs Silenced: Mansa Shooting Triggers Law-and-Order Storm in Punjab

A Voice Against Drugs Silenced: Mansa Shooting Triggers Law-and-Order Storm in Punjab

BY Uday India

The killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab’s Mansa district has brought the state’s drug crisis and law-and-order situation under renewed scrutiny. Jhota, who had been using social media livestreams to expose what he alleged was the open sale of heroin, was shot during a confrontation at a medical store and later died at Mansa Civil Hospital. His death has raised troubling questions about the safety of citizens who challenge the alleged drug trade, the effectiveness of the state’s anti-narcotics campaign and the accountability of those responsible for enforcing the law.

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