Punjab Bandh over anti-drug activist Jhota's killing disrupts highways; SHO suspended, family refuses to accept body

Neeraj Bali Chandigarh, Oct 15 (UNI) A statewide shutdown called over the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota disrupted highway traffic, markets and educational institutions across Punjab on Thursday, as police suspended a station house officer, recommended departmental action against a deputy superintendent of police and detained the wife of the prime murder accused. Jhota's family, meanwhile, refused to accept his body for cremation, demanding a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing, even as senior police officers attempted to persuade them to end their protest. The shutdown, scheduled from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., affected several…