Chandigarh, Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh has described anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota, who was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa last week, as a martyr and demanded justice for his family.
On Sunday, actress Neeru Bajwa said she had decided to put her latest Punjabi movie, “Thaapi”, a sports drama that released in theatres on October 16, on hold amid the outrage over Jhota’s murder. “We stand with Punjab in every way, we stood with Punjab and we will continue to stand with Punjab,” she said. On Sunday, Punjabi singer Babbu Mann visited the protest site in Mansa and praised Jhota for his fight against drugs.
“Shaheed Parvinder Singh. The entire Punjab is with the family in this hour of grief. A joint action committee comprising various organisations and social activists formed after Jhota’s murder is demanding a CBI probe into the incident and resignations of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav, among other things.
The family should get justice,” he said.
