Neeraj BaliChandigarh, Oct. 15 -- A statewide shutdown called over the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota disrupted highway traffic, markets and educational institutions across Punjab on Thursday, as police suspended a station house officer, recommended departmental action against a deputy superintendent of police and detained the wife of the prime murder accused.
Jhota's family, meanwhile, refused to accept his body for cremation, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing, even as senior police officers attempted to persuade them to end their protest.
The shutdown, scheduled from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., affected several districts, including Ludhiana, Bathinda, Mansa, Jalandhar, Pathankot and Gurd...