BATHINDA, Oct. 28 -- Tension prevailed in Mansa on Tuesday evening after district police took control of the casket carrying the body of a 32-year-old man as the agitated villagers were taking it to join the ongoing protest seeking justice for slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh alias Jhota. The family claimed that the man died of a suspected drug overdose, while police said it was a case of murder and that three people have been detained.

The body of the man, a resident of Bhamme Kalan village in Mansa, was found in fields near Ramanandi village.

His widow, Paramjit Kaur, alleged that her husband was an addict for the past several years and died of a suspected drug overdose.

"Today, he went to buy drugs and was later found dead. ...