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Express View on Punjab’s drug crackdown: A promise to keep

December 26, 2023 7:03 am

Punjab government's crackdown on drug menace is a step in the right direction. A lot more needs to be done

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Punjab's war on drugs: Untold toll, one death in custody every four days

June 10, 2016 11:24 am

Scrutiny of FIRs in the most affected districts by The Indian Express reveals an average of over 25 addicts being booked each day

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Punjab’s war on drugs: The living and the dead

June 10, 2016 5:01 pm

174 people arrested under the narcotics Act died in Punjab’s jails since 2014. The Indian Express finds, in their wake, grief and anger.

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Cut and paste, cut and paste and you have a drugs FIR in Punjab

June 09, 2016 12:07 pm

In most FIRs, the accused were caught hiding in bushes on the roadside or river banks and consuming drugs; smoking intoxicants while sitting next to a wall; or, carrying drugs inside right pocket of pants or pyjamas.

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