Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- Punjab AAP General Secretary Baltej Pannu defended the state administration's handling of the murder case of anti-drug activist Parminder Singh Jhota, saying that arrests regarding the case were made within the stipulated time.

"This has been the policy of Bhagwant Mann from the very beginning; it is a zero-tolerance policy that if anyone is involved in the drug trade, engaged in illegal activities, or taking the law into their own hands, none of our ministers, MLAs, or leaders has ever obstructed the process, nor will they ever do so. If someone takes the law into their own hands as the individual from Mansa did, the police do their job," Baltej Pannu told ANI.

Outlining the administrative follow-up and the state...