Amritsar, Oct. 15 -- There was heavy police deployment in Amritsar on Thursday amid a Punjab bandh called by several farmers' and workers' organisations over the murder of anti-drug activist Parminder Singh Jhota in Mansa district.

Police said that adequate security arrangements had been made to maintain law and order during the call for bandh.

While speaking to ANI, Jaskaran Singh Teja, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), City, said sufficient police personnel had been deployed and the situation remained peaceful. He said no one would be allowed to take the law into their own hands or force shopkeepers and businesses to participate in the shutdown.

"We have deployed sufficient force. Things are going on peacefully. Sufficient force h...