Ludhiana, May 4 -- Kin of a 19-year-old youth, who died a month ago under mysterious circumstances, along with activists of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU), Kadian, staged a protest on the Chandigarh road, blocking the traffic near the Katani police post on Monday. The family suspected that the youth was murdered and demanded a probe. The police had registered a case of road mishap in the matter.

Manpreet Singh of Sanghe village in Koom Kalan had died on April 4, following what the police had initially registered as a road accident under the Koom Kalan police station. However, his family contends that his death was not accidental but a planned murder, citing suspicious circumstances and the lack of injuries on the friend who accompanied h...