Punjab: 25-year-old man dies of ‘drug overdose’ in Bathinda village
A Bhartiya Kisan Union-Ugrahan leader says the drug menace is a serious challenge for the new government because the people have high expectations of it.
A leader of the Bhartiya Kisan Union-Ugrahan who lives in the same village said Pala had come back from Rajasthan because he did not manage to buy drugs from there. A 25-year-old youth died allegedly of a drug overdose on Friday morning in the Jhumba village in Punjab’s Bathinda district.
“Pala Singh was addicted to synthetic drugs. About four days ago, he had gone to Padampur in Ganganagar district of Rajasthan to work in mustard fields. He returned on Thursday morning,” said his father Balkara Singh, who is in his late forties.
A leader of the Bhartiya Kisan Union-Ugrahan who lives in the same village said Pala had come back from Rajasthan because he did not manage to buy drugs from there. “He arranged the drug in the village on Thursday afternoon. Perhaps he took an overdose and got unwell after that. He was taken to a private hospital, where he died on Friday morning,” said the leader, Jagseer Singh Jhumba.
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