Chandigarh, Nov. 4 -- A 23-day standoff over the killing of Punjab anti-drug campaigner Parvinder Singh, known as Jhota, ended on Wednesday after his family agreed to his cremation following a deal with the state government that includes Rs 2 crore in compensation, a job for his widow and several other concessions.
The breakthrough came after talks in Mansa involving Punjab Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan, Agriculture Minister Gurmeet Singh Khuddian, members of Jhota's family and a committee coordinating protests over his death.
The agreement, however, stopped short of meeting the protesters' demand for the resignation of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the state's police chief, leaving one of the most politically sensitive issues...