Ludhiana: Thirteen inmates escaped from the de-addiction center in Mullanpur and reached Ludhiana’s civil hospital on Tuesday.
They have allegations of torture parallel to people who run the center and also filed a written complaint with the Head of the SP Singh medical officer.
They said they escaped by scaling the limit wall in time.
After they arrived at a civil hospital, the authorities contacted their family members and asked them to reach there.
Some of these addicts come from other districts in the state.
One complainant in the center for the last six months accused, “it doesn’t look like an original addiction center.
It doesn’t even have the right staff to take care of us.
Two ‘Babas’ run the center and they don’t have a psychiatrist or pharmacist there.
If someone It hurts, they provide your own medicine without consulting a doctor.
In addition, the staff brought a gun and when a prisoner spoke against them or demanding food or medicine, the staff beat them with the gun pistol.
“Other inmates allegedly,” we were treated with that way Inhumane and not given inhuman food and not given decent food.
If we ask good food, they used to hit us mercilessly.
The people who run the center have taken Rs 15,000 to Rs 35,000 from the addict’s family.
After taking money, they didn’t let our family meet us and didn’t even let us talk to them Mel Ali telephone.
If we are sometimes allowed to speak by telephone, a staff stood beside us with a stick and threatened us not to share anything with them.
“” At least 20 people are locked in one room.
They allowed us to get out of the room only once in the morning.
Sometimes, we were only given Chapati with salt to eat for breakfast.
We have no choice but to escape.
Now we have submitted a complaint with the head of a medical officer, “said a prisoner.
Additional Medical Officer SP Singh,” I continued a written complaint given by addicts to the Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr.
He will check it out and report to me after further action will be taken.
People can visit our office and meet the medical deputy commissioner to get a list of original addiction centers in the district.
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