JALANDHAR, March 8 -- Eight days after being assaulted by five miscreants, Mahinder Singh, sarpanch of Butte Diyan Chhana village in Jalandhar, succumbed to his injuries on Saturday. Mahinder Singh was attacked with sharp weapons and iron rods on February 28 after he objected to alleged drug smuggling activities by local peddlers in the village and nearby areas. A three-time sarpanch of the village, Mahinder Singh had sustained a fractured skull and severe injuries to both legs in the attack. He had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Jalandhar. Following his death, relatives of the victim along with members of local farmer and labourer unions staged a protest outside Mehatpur police station, demanding the immediate arrest of all the accused and compensation for the family. Jalandhar rural police have so far arrested three accused identified as Sukhjit Singh, Arman Singh and Gurpreet Singh. SSP Harvinder Singh Virk said that two other accused are yet to be arrested. "We have added Section 103 (murder) of the BNS to the FIR already registered at Mehatpur police station," the SSP said. HTC...