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Union Home Minister Amit Shah met the family of Bikramjit Singh in Punjab on October 20, 2026, during a visit that placed the state’s drug crisis and violence linked to the issue at the centre of a political dispute between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Aam Aadmi Party.

Reports characterize Singh as an anti-drug activist or as someone who had spoken out against drug dealers and drug peddling. The Hindu reported that he was killed in an attack in Gurdaspur on October 15, but the supplied reports do not establish that opposition to drug dealing was the confirmed motive.

The Hindu reported that the attack was linked to drugs, while also saying that police disputed that connection. The conflicting accounts leave the circumstances and motive of Singh’s killing unresolved in the material available for this report.

Shah’s meeting took place amid accusations between the BJP and the AAP over Punjab’s handling of the drug crisis. The Hindu reported that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had announced that the investigation into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota would be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The supplied reports identify the meeting as taking place in Punjab but do not establish its precise location. They associate Singh’s family with Batala and his killing with Gurdaspur, without specifying where Shah met the family.

SOURCES

  1. The HinduWatch: Amit Shah meets family of Bikramjit Singh, killed after speaking out against drug dealers
  2. India TodayAmit Shah meets family of anti-drug activist hacked to death in Punjab
  3. The New Indian ExpressAmit Shah meets family of Batala man allegedly killed for opposing drug peddling ahead of Punjab Polls
  4. Hindustan TimesAmit Shah targets AAP govt, seeks transfer of Punjab anti-drug activists' death cases to CBI