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Indian Express
18 hours ago
- Indian Express
8 drug addicts escape from Govt de-addiction centre in Punjab's Sangrur
Eight drug addicts allegedly escaped from a government-run de-addiction centre in Punjab's Sangrur district after reportedly attacking a policeman and a nurse with steel plates during dinner time on Tuesday evening, the police said. The police have formed multiple teams to trace and apprehend the escapees of the centre at Ghabdan village, said an officer. The policeman, identified as Malkeet Singh, was injured and is undergoing treatment at a hospital. 'I was attacked on the neck, and they tried to strangulate me, due to which I became unconscious. Many inmates tried to flee, but the staff managed to control some. A few still managed to escape,' he told reporters on Wednesday. Sartaj Singh Chahal, Senior Superintendent of Police, Sangrur, said, 'Follow-up is being done by the administration with the officials at the de-addiction centre. They were addicts, not criminals. Hence, it needs to be dealt with sensitivity.' SSP Chahal told The Indian Express, 'Several people come for rehabilitation. Some are a bit mischievous. That is what rehabilitation is for. It is essential to see the daily practical efforts at the ground level. The war against drugs is made up of daily battles, some obvious, some unobtrusive.' Most of the inmates were previously arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, but were sent to the rehabilitation centre as they were drug addicts, revealed sources. A similar incident was reported at the facility in January last year, where nine addicts escaped under almost identical circumstances — attacking the staff with steel plates during dinner.
Arab News
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Indian villagers near Pakistan border call for ceasefire as shelling kills at least 13
Poonch, Indian-administered Kashmir: Indian villagers called for a ceasefire on Thursday after at least 13 civilians were killed by what authorities said was Pakistani shelling in Poonch, along the India-Pakistan border, in Jammu and Kashmir. The shelling damaged several religious sites, including a temple, a Sikh shrine, and a mosque. 'We appeal to the government that there should be a ceasefire as soon as possible. There should be peace and harmony,' said a villager Malkeet Singh. A statement released by the Indian government on Thursday said 16 lives, including three women and five children, were lost 'due to Pakistani firing.' Pakistan said at least 31 of its civilians were killed and about 50 wounded in Wednesday's strikes and in cross-border shelling across the frontier in Kashmir. The nuclear-armed neighbors' tit-for-tat measures began after gunmen opened fire in the Baisaran Valley, a popular tourist attraction in Indian-administered Kashmir's Pahalgam area, on the afternoon of April 22, killing 26 people and wounding several others before fleeing into the surrounding pine forests. Although Pakistan's federal government has pledged to respond to India's strikes, Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif told The New York Times on Wednesday Pakistan was ready to de-escalate. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said New Delhi did not intend to escalate the situation. 'However, if there are military attacks on us, there should be no doubt that it will be met with a very, very firm response,' he said at India-Iran Joint Commission Meeting. 'Our livestock and belongings are all gone. Nothing is left. This shelling must stop, and there should be peace. For God's sake, give us peace. We want peace for everyone,' said a resident of Uri on the Indian side of the border.
