In a fresh bid to resolve the ongoing agitation seeking justice for slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh alias Jhota, a second government-appointed panel, led by the additional director general of police (ADGP) Gautam Cheema and senior IAS officer Kulwant Singh, met the Insaaf Committee in Mansa on Sunday evening.
Darshan Singh, in-charge of the Mansa zila sainik welfare department, was also present at the meeting. His family and the Insaaf Committee have refused to allow an autopsy to be conducted or his body to be cremated until their demands, including the resignation of chief minister Bhagwant Mann and state police chief Gaurav Yadav, are met. The IAS officers’ panel had stated that the government had agreed to accept almost all of the committee’s demands.
Jhota was shot dead in broad daylight on October 13 in Mansa.
Earlier, three rounds of talks were held by a three-member panel of women IAS officers, following which the state government suspended Mansa deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Harjinder Singh Gill, station house (SHO) Beant Kaur and drug inspector Neeraj Kumar.
