The post-mortem examination of slain anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota will be conducted by a team of experts at the PGI, Chandigarh, while a Magistrate will conduct the inquest proceedings in the city, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said.A post-mortem by a panel of senior doctors at the PGIMER, with the family’s consent, was among the main demands raised by Jhota’s family and the joint action committee formed after his killing. The family has so far refused to perform the last rites.The developments come as the CBI formally takes over the murder investigation. The agency has registered a case and formed a special team of experts, which reached Mansa last night and issued a formal requisition to the police to hand over case records and seizures.Forensic experts, drug controllers and other specialists are expected to reach Mansa during the first half of the day. The family has arrived at a designated place in the town, where the CBI team, led by a senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG), will examine them.Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced on Tuesday that the state would hand over the case to the CBI, accepting a key demand of the family. Union Home Minister Amit Shah also met the family in Mansa the same afternoon. A five-member CBI team reached the town hours later.Case at a glanceJhota (42), a former boxer, was shot dead on October 13 at a medical store in Mansa while conducting a Facebook Live broadcast. He had confronted the store owner over the alleged sale of banned drugs.The accused, store owner Ashwani Kumar was taken into custody from Salasar in Rajasthan after his shop was razed and set ablaze.The killing triggered calls for a Punjab bandh and widespread protests. The action committee also sought the resignation of the Chief Minister and the Director General of Police.