Goa, Oct. 13 -- Anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead in Punjab's Mansa district on Tuesday after confronting a medical store owner over the alleged sale of addictive drugs. The incident occurred during a live broadcast on Jhota's Facebook account, while the accused shop owner fled the scene.

Jhota was known for campaigning against drug abuse and exposing the alleged illegal sale of intoxicating substances at chemist shops in Mansa and surrounding areas. In a video lasting around five minutes, he was seen questioning the shopkeeper outside his store alongside an elderly man who allegedly claimed to have purchased drugs from the establishment.

The confrontation quickly escalated into a heated argument. The shopkeeper was...