Illegal Practices Exposed at Punjab's De-addiction Centers
Chandigarh January 01, 2025 : The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Dr. Amit Bansal s/o Subhash Bansal, a resident of H.No. 141, Sector 28-A Chandigarh. He is accused of committing illegal Practices at his 22 de-addiction centers. These centers are run/owned by him in different parts of the state. In this case Rooppreet Kaur Drug Inspector Ludhiana has also been booked and would be arrested soon.
FIR has been registered
Disclosing this here today an official spokesperson of the state VB said in this regard a case FIR No. 12 dated 31.12.2024 has been registered. This is against the aforementioned accused under section 7, 7-A of Prevention of Corruption Act. It also includes section 120-B of IPC, at Vigilance Bureau, Flying Squad -1, Punjab at Mohali.
Giving more details he revealed that as per the information Dr. Amit Bansal is running 22 de-addiction centers in Punjab where tablets Addnok-N 0.4 and Addnok-N 2.0 (Buprenorphine & Naloxone) are used for the treatment of addict patients. During interrogations it was revealed that these tablets were misused in the drug de-addiction centers. These centers are run and owned by the accused Dr. Amit Bansal. The tablets were sold in the market. They were purchased by other persons (addicts) who were not on the rolls of these rehabilitation centers.
Illegal Practices : Drug money of Rs. 90000 was also recovered
He further added that a case FIR No. 242 dated 05.10.2022 was earlier registered at Police Station STF, Phase-4, Mohali against the employees of Dr. Amit Bansal namely Vidant and Kamaljit Singh of Simran Hospital/De-addiction center at Ludhiana. The disclosure statement of these employees led to a recovery of about 23000 tablets. Drug money of Rs. 90000 was also recovered from them. On the same day, the STF Team inspected the above said Simran De-addiction Center. Drug Inspector Rooppreet Kaur was present. They found a shortage of 4610 tablets.
Drug Inspector Rooppreet Kaur sent a separate report to the Director
The spokesperson added that after this inspection a report was prepared under the signatures of the inspecting team. However, the Drug Inspector Rooppreet Kaur sent a separate report to the Director, Health & Family Welfare Punjab. She mentioned the shortage of only 4000 tablets instead of 4610 tablets in connivance with Dr. Amit Bansal. This was done to protect him from legal criminal action regarding the shortage of 610 tablets. This action clearly shows her official misconduct and corruption.
Illegal Practices : FIR registered at the police station city, Nakodar in Jalandhar.
A video of another de-addiction center, namely Sehaj Hospital Nakodar, went viral. The then Deputy Commissioner Jallandhar took cognizance of this. As a result, a case FIR No. 64 dated 08.06.2024 was registered at the police station city, Nakodar in Jalandhar. During the inpection of the said Sehaj de-addiction center around 144000 tablets, Addnok-N were found by the inspection committee. The then Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar ordered to freeze the credential of the online portal. This would remain in place until the inquiry was completed.
The center is run and owned by Dr. Amit Bansal.
He also suspended the license of Sehaj Hospital/De-addiction Center Nakodar. Afterwards Dr. Amit Bansal, in conviance with the officers/officials of Directorate of Health & Family Welfare Punjab hush up the matter. Mentionably, it was also come to notice that a separate case FIR No. 154 dated 11.11.2024 has been registered at the police station, Grain Market, Patiala. This case is against the employees of Adarsh Hospital/De-addiction center Patiala. The center is run and owned by Dr. Amit Bansal.
The spokesperson informed that VB, Flying Squad-1, Punjab is thoroughly investigating the case. They aim to find out the role of other officials or private persons involved in this whole nexus. The goal is to uncover illegal activities at the de-addiction centers being run or owned by the accused Dr. Amit Bansal.
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