Bathinda, Oct. 22 -- Seven days after 42-year-old Mansa anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota was shot dead in broad daylight, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday took over the probe into his murder and register a fresh first information report (FIR). The development came hours after Union home minister Amit Shah met Jhota's family and the announcement by Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday morning that the state would hand over the case to the CBI, bowing to the family's demand for a central probe. A specialised CBI team, led by a deputy inspector general (DIG), arrived in Mansa around midnight and formally requisitioned all case files, records, and physical seizures from the City-2 police station, where the original murder case was registered on October 14. CBI officials visited the deceased's residence to record statements from the family members. The CBI FIR, on a formal complaint by the deceased's father Bhim Singh, has booked pharmacy owner Ashwani Kumar and other unidentified persons under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 103 (1) (murder), 109 (attempt to murder), 61 (2) (criminal conspiracy), 118 (1) (voluntarily causing hurt) and 3 (5) (common intention), along with the relevant provisions of the Arms Act. Experts from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) and CBI officials also visited the crime scene. Officials familiar with the matter said that drug controllers and GST experts had also been roped in the probe. Jhota's autopsy has not been conducted because the family has not given its consent for it. The family has been demanding that the post-mortem be conducted at the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, by a panel of medical experts. Jhota's father on Wednesday said that the family and members of the Insaaf Committee had resolved to allow the autopsy only if their demands are met. These include the resignation of chief minister Bhagwant Mann and DGP Gaurav Yadav and punitive action against officials from the police and drug departments. On October 13, Jhota was shot dead inside a medical store in a crowded Mansa marketplace while livestreaming a confrontation on Facebook He was questioning the shop owner, Ashwani, over the alleged illegal sale of prescription drugs to an elderly man. Kumar opened fire with his licensed pistol, killing Jhota and injuring four others. Following the incident, Kumar fled Punjab but was apprehended by the police in Salasar, Rajasthan. Mansa police subsequently arrested Kumar's wife, Neelam Rani, along with two accomplices for aiding his escape....