India, Oct. 20 -- Seven days have passed since Punjab anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh, alias Jhota, was shot dead inside a medical store at a busy market in Mansa. However, he is yet to be cremated as his father, an ex-serviceman, Bhim Singh, had announced on October 13 that the family would not allow a post-mortem or conduct the last rites until the case is handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

But now Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann has announced that the state government will hand over the probe into the murder case to the CBI. Jhota's murder on October 13 was livestreamed on Facebook.

The Punjab government announcement came ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's visit the family of Jhota and two other anti-dr...