Ludhiana, March 11 -- Ludhiana civil surgeon Dr Pardeep Mohindra was transferred to Moga on Monday. This comes two days after he was found without any answer on a question on the open sale of an addictive substance during a meeting with state cabinet minister Aman Arora.

According to an official at the meeting, MLA Ashok Prashar brought up the sale of an addictive substance easily available in the market and asked if the civil surgeon was aware of it. As per the official, who preferred staying anonymous, the civil surgeon in response said the issue concerned the drugs department and that it didn't report to him.

The minister told Mohindra that since he was the highest health official of the district, he should have been aware of the iss...