India, Oct. 18 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday intensified the BJP's attack on the Bhagwant Mann government over Punjab's drug crisis, questioning the state's law and order situation after the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa. Shah said the Ministry of Home Affairs would seek the Punjab government's response on Jhota's murder and the death of Gulzar Singh in Dirba, Sangrur district.

In a post on X, Shah said Punjab was facing growing threats from drugs, gangsters and organised crime, raising questions about the safety of people who speak out against narcotics. "In Dirba, a father succumbing to pressure and consuming poison, and in Mansa, the broad daylight murder of Parvinder Singh Jhota, who had ra...