Inmate’s death: Police fail to crack the case

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, July 31

The mother of a 25-year-old man, Baljinder Singh, alias Ballu, is running from pillar to post to bring justice to her youngest son who was reportedly beaten to death at an illegal drug de-addiction centre in Kartarpur here.

Though 14 days have passed since the incident, but the police failed to trace the whereabouts of the accused involved in the case. The police also denied having the post-mortem report of the victim, a resident of Khirawali village, who was admitted to a drug de-addiction at Pattadkalan village around July 8.

His mother, Sukhjinder Kaur, told the police that her youngest son was a drug addict and to get him out of this bad habit, she admitted him to the de-addiction centre being run allegedly by Nihangs.

“A few months ago, the owner of the drug de-addiction centre visited our village and asked if there was any drug addict in our village. Being run by Nihangs, I got convinced by him and agreed to send my son to the centre. They had assured us of curing the drug addicts. Subsequently, we borrowed Rs 10,000 from villagers and

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