India, Oct. 16 -- The Union home ministry on Friday put the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab on notice, demanding an official response over drug-related tragedies in the state. The move comes as the issue takes centrestage in the run-up to the 2027 assembly elections.

In a sharp offensive, Union home minister Amit Shah took to X and said that the ministry of home affairs (MHA) will seek formal explanations from the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government regarding the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa and the death by suicide of a 50-year-old father in Dirba, Sangrur after facing harassment and casteist slurs for questioning state finance minister Harpal Cheema about local drug supplies. Jhota was shot dead in broa...