Punjab: 42 people Rescued from Rehabilitation Centre due to ill-treated
Punjab: 42 people rescued from rehabilitation centre due to ill-treated 42 people were rescued by Punjab Police after suffering from drug addiction - from Disha Rehabilitation Centre in Ludhiana. The inmates of the rehab had complaint that they were apparently being ill-treated at the institution. The rehabilitation centre is unregistered, officials said. "The centre was working illegally. The police have brought 42 people to the hospital. We will now do MLR, medical, blood and other tests of these people. The motive of rehabilitation centre is to help these people lead a normal lifestyle so that they never think about drugs again," said a doctor from the hospital. On August 20, the Chief Ministers of the Northern States unanimously decided to set up a common secretariat in Panchkula to tackle the issue of drug menace in their respective states. The announcement was made by Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar after a meeting along with the Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur also attended the meeting through video conferencing. -PTC News
