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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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CBI registers FIR into anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota's murder in Punjab; Autopsy to be done at PGIMER

New Delhi, The CBI has taken over the investigation into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab's Mansa, with a team of experts reaching the state to examine all angles of the killing, officials said on Wednesday.

The agency has constituted a special team comprising drug controllers, forensic experts and GST officials, which reached Mansa on Tuesday night and formally requested the police to hand over documents related to the case, they said.

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