PoliticsPhoto: Deccan HeraldPunjab Bandh Shuts Markets, Schools After Anti-Drug Activist Murder
Markets and private schools across Punjab remained closed on Thursday following a bandh called after the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota. Jhota was shot in broad daylight in Mansa town. The bandh was supported by political parties including Congress, Akali Dal, BJP, farmers' unions, and state government employees' unions. Shops shut in Hoshiarpur, Ferozepur, and Mansa, while emergency services operated normally.
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