Anti-drug activist shot during Facebook Live
Parvinder Singh Jota of Mansa was killed during a dispute with a chemist
By Capital Kranti desk, Gandhinagar · Editor: Parth Thakkar
13 November 2026, 9:08 pm · 1 min read
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Reports obtained via Scroll suggest that anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jota of Punjab's Mansa district was shot and killed during a Facebook Live broadcast. The incident occurred on 13 October while Jota was live broadcasting his struggle with a chemist.
Jota was known for his activism, which included sting operations against chemists accused of selling controlled drugs over-the-counter to addicts without prescriptions. Following this incident, his family members have expressed intense anger against the state government.
Family members refused to perform Jota's last rites. They alleged that the state government failed to provide necessary support to their activist and failed to stop drug sales in Mansa, one of Punjab's poorest districts. As part of this protest, a continuous sit-in protest lasted for nearly one month on the main highway of Mansa.
Parvinder Singh Jota worked as an anti-drug activist in Mansa and was fighting against the sale of drugs.
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