MANDIANI (DAKHA): After villagers, led by a woman sarpanch, started a campaign against drug trade in Mandiani, the Ludhiana police booked seven peddlers in the past about a month.
Disregarding party affiliation, cabinet minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal had felicitated the Congress sarpanch earlier this month. Senior superintendent of police (SSP), Ludhiana (rural), Harjeet Singh, while confirming the booking of seven peddlers under the NDPS Act, lauded the efforts of the sarpanch, but said the drug problem in the village was not huge.
However, villagers said they have paid a heavy price for drugs.
