India, Oct. 21 -- Amid a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the murder of 45-year-old anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota-who was shot dead inside a Mansa medical store on October 13 after confronting a chemist over illegal pill sales-Punjab Police chief Gaurav Yadav on Wednesday proposed key amendments to the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, urging the Centre to grant police officers joint enforcement powers along with drug inspectors.

Speaking on the sidelines of the 67th Police Commemoration Day at the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) Grounds in Jalandhar, the director general of police (DGP) said that the state has also asked the Union government to include habit-forming prescription drugs, particularly Pregabalin, directly...