A massive fraud scheme—operating under the guise of drug rehabilitation and social reform—that toyed with the lives of innocent people has been exposed. Here, a few cunning individuals had illegally established a de-addiction center without any government sanction or legal permission; under the pretext of providing treatment, they held people captive and subjected them to massive financial fraud. Acting with promptness and vigilance, the police have exposed this illicit racket, registered a case against three key accused individuals under serious penal sections, and initiated further legal proceedings.
ASI Manjit Singh, who led the police team, stated that on May 26, he and his team were present near Main Chowk, Ladhowal (Ludhiana), for routine patrolling and the checking of suspicious individuals. During this time, the police received highly credible and sensational intelligence from a specific informant. The informant revealed that certain individuals in the area were effectively running a “parallel government” under the guise of a de-addiction center, preying upon innocent people and making them victims of their fraudulent activities.
Acting on this information, the police launched an investigation, which revealed that the accused—Harvinder Singh, Amandeep Singh, and Damanpreet Singh—had conspired together to establish an extensive criminal network. These three accused individuals had set up their operational bases at Taneja Palace on Hambran Road in Ludhiana, and within a secluded, shed-like hall located near the village of Kutbewal Gujjaran. It was inside this very shed that they were operating the de-addiction center in a completely illegal and unauthorized manner. The accused would dupe innocent patients seeking treatment—along with their families—and extort exorbitant sums of money from them. The police have registered a case against the three named accused—Harvinder, Amandeep, and Damanpreet—and have launched raids to unmask the other faces hidden behind this racket.
