India, Oct. 21 -- A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team has arrived in Punjab's Mansa to take possession of the case files and record statements in connection with the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota, a day after Union home minister Amit Shah criticised the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government over the state's drug crisis.

People familiar with the matter said a deputy inspector general is leading the team, which first visited the Mansa police station. The CBI has written to the Punjab Police for the transfer of the investigation and all related material, they said.

The CBI team was expected to record statements from Jhota's family at the Mansa Circuit House as part of the investigation. "The statements are expected...