India, Oct. 21 -- The CBI has registered a case into the alleged murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab's Mansa and taken over the investigation, officials said on Wednesday.

A team of CBI officials has already reached Punjab to probe all angles of the killing, they said, adding that the post-mortem will be done at PGIMER, Chandigarh, by a team of experts. Inquest will be done by Magistrate at Chandigarh, the officials said.

According to the officials, Jhota's family will be reaching Mansa Circuit House at 11:30 am Wednesday, October 21, where the CBI Team, led by a senior DIG, will be examining them.

The agency has formed a special team with experts, which reached Mansa last night and gave a formal requisition to...