Amritsar, Oct. 15 -- Punjab witnessed a shutdown on Thursday following the murder of young man Parminder Singh Jhota in Mansa, with organisations staging protests and enforcing closures at several locations across the state after a video of the killing went viral on social media.

In Amritsar, protesters blocked roads at multiple locations, disrupting traffic and leaving several children and three ambulances carrying patients stuck in traffic jams. Police intervened to clear the roads and ensure the safe passage of ambulances.

DCP Jugraj Singh said that several children and patients, including those in three ambulances, were caught in the traffic congestion.

Police personnel and the duty magistrate appealed to the protesters to clear th...