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FEROZEPUR: The borderline territory has been near shaken aft 4 young men from Lakho Ke Behram colony died of cause overdoses wrong 2 days, sparking choler and anguish crossed the region.
With different decease reported successful Hoshiarpur connected Monday, the toll has risen to 5 this week.The latest NCRB study says Punjab topped the state successful cause deaths successful 2023, reporting 89 fatalities — down from 144 the erstwhile twelvemonth but inactive alarmingly high. Madhya Pradesh came 2nd with 85, followed by Rajasthan (84).In Ferozepur, Raman Singh, 26, died connected Tuesday, followed by 3 much deaths connected Wednesday morning. The victims were identified arsenic Medu Singh, Rajat Singh, and Sandeep Singh.
The calamity has near 4 families devastated and the full village, hardly 10km from the Pakistan border, successful mourning.Raman’s father, Bachitar Singh, said his lad had battled addiction for years. “We admitted him to rehab 5 times. But helium relapsed”. Medu, 21, sold adjacent household doors and windows to money his wont earlier poorness drove distant his woman and kids. Rajat’s father, Sukhdev Singh, wept: “My lad was the backbone of our family.
Drugs person snatched him away.” Gurjit Singh, Sandeep’s elder brother, alleged that drugs are delivered “right astatine the doorstep.
”Furious, villagers blocked Ferozepur-Fazilka road with the bodies, accusing cops of failing to enactment contempt a presumption nearby. SP Manjit Singh said govt has opened de-addiction centres and launched a ngo against drugs. In Hoshiarpur, a 32-year-old addict, Vishal Aadia, was recovered dormant connected Monday. Police said the origin of decease volition beryllium known aft the postmortem.
