Punjab Police Arrest Suspected Shooter in Jhota Killing

Punjab Police arrested the suspected main shooter in the fatal shooting of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Salasar, Rajasthan, on October 14, police accounts said. The arrest came a day after Jhota was shot during a confrontation at a medical store in Mansa, Punjab, and later died from his injuries. Police accounts identified the arrested man as the alleged main shooter. The operation involved Punjab Police and Rajasthan Police, according to Salasar Station House Officer Shankar Lal Bhari. The suspect was taken into Punjab Police custody, and the investigation is continuing. Reports say Jhota was confronting the medical-store owner over an alleged sale of drugs when the dispute escalated. He was livestreaming at the time, according to accounts of the incident. The alleged drug sale and the precise circumstances leading to the shooting remain under investigation; no findings establishing a motive were supplied. Mansa Senior Superintendent of Police Vaibhav Chaudhary said a weapon had been recovered and that an alleged accomplice who helped the suspect escape had also been arrested. Those details were attributed to the police official.