Ahmedabad: Beggars cannot become voters.
And, when the mafia medicine in Ahmedabad decided to conduct a trial for their new synthetic drugs, this saying changed quite literal.
The on-ground probe has revealed that the drug mafia targets beggars to try their narcotics pills and powder to check the effects and efficacy.
If the drug ‘experiment’ succeeded, then it was introduced to others through the black market for drugs.
Mafia usually picks beggars and homelessers from the walled city area and the train station and terminus bus.
In many cases, drugs place beggars in life-threatening situations.
The house of Salim Mohammed is a path outside Kalapur train station.
The 38-year-old player made a living.
His deputy smoked marijuana but when another beggar who lived on the same path recently offered him a new drug, he decided to try it.
Within minutes, he began to vomit and bleed from his nose.
Mahesh Dantani, who lives on the path in Khamasa, was given a few things like powder to snort.
The 25-year-old player gets his livelihood by working as a laborer.
When he didn’t have a job, he turned to beg.
A few days ago, someone gave him a new drug that made him crazy.
He hit his hand repeatedly on a very hard wall so he broke his limbs.
Likewise, Mehrunnisa Shaikh, 24, was given a tablet by two unidentified men who convinced him that it would save him from various diseases.
“I consumed a tablet with water.
The people then gave me milk.
After about 15 minutes, I began to feel dizzy,” he said.
Raju Rohit, 24, and Rekha Kumari, 20, who lived on a path in the Kalupur area and Panjrapol each had a similar experience.
Rohit was given a tablet he destroyed and snorted.
He lost consciousness for two-three days.
Rekha, who can’t even say his name correctly, says some men constantly give new drugs to him.
“After taking it, I can’t act, walk, or talk properly.
When I didn’t get the medicine, I slit my hand with a knife,” Rekha said, showing a knife in his hand.
The crime branch officer said that they knew about the modus operandi such as the drug mafia but had not submitted complaints.