'Pizza in 30 minutes, but chitta in 2': SAD posts video alleging easy availability of drugs in Punjab's Bathinda

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Sunday shared a 3.12-minute video on its Facebook page as a purported sting operation, claiming that 'chitta' was sold for as little as Rs 600 at Sangat Kalan village in Bathinda and delivered by a woman, stating that pizza was delivered in 30 minutes, Blinkit delivery came in 10 minutes, but 'chitta' would be given in less than two minutes.

The SAD demanded an immediate inquiry, and used the video and its allegations to target the AAP government and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the handling of drug problem in the state.

The party also demanded that the state government should provide a village-wise account of the action taken against drug peddlers, saying that the government should release details of precise action rather than statistics.

The allegations come amid state government's ongoing 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' (war against drugs). Notably, the Chief Minister is also currently on a three-day tour of Bathinda district.

Meanwhile, Inspector Harbans Singh, SHO of Sangat police station said, "The video was shot on Friday. We have registered an FIR and arrested one person namely Gaggu and recovered 3-gm of 'chitta'."

The SHO claimed that Sangat village was not a hotspot of drugs.