Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the Punjab government to submit a status report detailing the action taken after the murder of an anti-drug activist in Mansa.
The court also sought details of any demolition of houses belonging to the accused, including the procedure followed, if such action had been taken.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Rohit Kapoor issued the directions while hearing a suo motu public interest litigation, Court on Its Own Motion vs State of Punjab through Chief Secretary, along with a related appeal filed by Labh Singh.
The appellants brought to the court’s notice the incident in Mansa in which an anti-drug activist was allegedly shot dead. They also referred to reports of various related incidents published in newspapers.
Senior advocate Baltej Singh Sidhu appeared for the appellants along with advocates Himmat Singh Sidhu, Manat Khurana and Arjun Singh.
