Punjab: Police free 200 youths from inhuman conditions at de-addiction centre
Punjab: Police free 200 youths from inhuman conditions at de-addiction centre A police team headed by Ropar SSP Swapan Sharma raided an unregistered de-addiction centre in Jand Sahib village near Chamkaur Sahib on Tuesday evening and freed all 200 inmates. The inmates were kept in inhuman conditions at the centre, some of them also had suffered broken limbs. The addicts, who were in the age group of 10-30 years’ were subjected to regular beatings by the staff. The owner of the rehab centre, Khushwinder Singh, has been arrested. He was charging Rs 20,000 per month from each of the inmates and would reportedly refuse to release those who failed to pay the dues. According to the SSP, the inmates, who were kept in a hall, were brutally thrashed to keep them away from drugs. “We are shifting the injured to hospitals. Some have been handed over to their parents. We are in the process of moving some of them to other rehab centres.” The inmates were reportedly forced to tend to about 100 cattlehead during the day and were huddled into the hall at night. -PTC News
