Live-streamed murder of Parvinder Singh Jhota EXPOSES AAP's incompetency

The broad-daylight murder of prominent anti-drug activist and former national boxing champion Parvinder Singh Jhota in Mansa has sent shockwaves across Punjab. While the tragic loss of a young crusader has devastated his family and followers, the incident has exposed a sinister reality about Punjab, as it sheds light on complete collapse of state governance under the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Jhota’s final moments, captured live on Facebook, serve as an unedited indictment of a state government that has allowed armed drug cartels to operate with absolute impunity.

 

 

 

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, Jhota, leading his “Nasha Roko, Rozgaar Do” initiative, arrived at a local medical store in Mansa. Accompanied by an elderly man who had reportedly just purchased restricted intoxicating pills from the shop, Jhota started a Facebook Live broadcast to expose the illegal trade. During the stream, Jhota confronted the shop owner, Ashwani Kumar, demanding CCTV footage to prove the illegal sale. As the argument escalated, Kumar pulled out a pistol. Undeterred and relying on the live broadcast as his shield, Jhota challenged him, shouting "Maar mujhe" (Go ahead and shoot me). Moments later, gunshots rang out. Kumar opened fire, striking Jhota multiple times. Though the activist tried to run for cover, he collapsed and was declared dead at the hospital, while four of his companions were injured. The shooter fled the scene, eventually being arrested the following day in the Salasar area of Rajasthan.

 

 

 

 

This brazen murder cannot be viewed as an isolated crime. It is the definitive proof of a compromised and failing state apparatus under the AAP administration. The most damning aspect is that Jhota felt compelled to use a Facebook Live stream as his only line of defense. A citizen activist had to personally raid a licensed chemist shop to expose drug trafficking because the official grievance channels, local police intelligence, and state narcotics cells have completely failed. If everyday citizens must risk their lives to enforce the law, the state government has clearly forfeited its right to govern.

 

Furthermore, Jhota was a highly visible, public figure fighting the drug menace. The AAP government’s absolute failure to provide security to prominent anti-drug crusaders sends a chilling message to the public nation-wide, at a crucial time when old faces strategically distanced from the party are planning for ‘regime-change’ in India. By failing to protect its citizens, the administration has tacitly enabled the drug mafia to silence its loudest critics without fear of immediate state retaliation.

 

 

 

The complicity extends deep into the administrative machinery. The accused killer was not a bootlegger operating in the shadows. He was a licensed chemist operating a physical storefront in a busy market. This points directly to severe corruption or extreme negligence within the state’s Health and Pharmacology departments. The fact that a licensed store was allowed to openly stock restricted, habit-forming narcotics and harbour deadly firearms proves that the responsibility for regulating these shops stops directly at the doorstep of the AAP-led state ministry.

 

 

 

 

Before coming to power, AAP made high-decibel, time-bound electoral promises to completely eradicate Punjab’s drug problem within weeks. Years into their tenure, the reality on the ground is that the drug mafia has grown bold enough to execute citizens on camera. Parvinder Singh Jhota’s murder is the ultimate symbol of AAP’s unfulfilled promises and governance failure. The state police cannot be trusted to investigate a crime where local administrative complicity is so evident, making the public demand for a CBI inquiry entirely justified. It is time to hold the highest levels of the state government accountable for turning Punjab into a safe haven for armed cartels.