The accused in the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab’s Mansa district has been taken into custody from Salasar in Rajasthan.

Main accused in Punjab anti-drug activist murder arrested in Rajasthan as investigation intensifies and political tensions rise.

Police arrested Ashwani Kumar, the alleged shooter in Parvinder Singh Jhota's murder, from Salasar. Jhota had campaigned against drug abuse and the illegal sale of addictive substances.