De-Addiction Centre Owners Held For Torturing Inmates

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HOSHIARPUR- The police has arrested owners of Disha Foundation, a counselling and rehabilitation centre for drug addicts, for keeping inmates in wrongful confinement and possessing illegal weapons.

Mahesh Sharma, a resident of Piplanwala village, and Jagjit Singh, a resident Chalora village near Chabbewal, who were running the centre at Nasrala village for the past many years, were detained and subsequently arrested for torturing and ill-treating the inmates.

Deputy Superintendent of Police Harvinder Singh Dalli said a case under was registered against the duo at the Bullowal police station last night. However, they were released on bail late in the night.