Ludhiana, March 5 -- A day after a "drug-related death" in Jagraon that left the Ludhiana rural police red faced, the Jagraon city police registered an FIR against five persons who allegedly supplied drugs to the deceased.

The deceased was a resident of Halwara. He had been missing for the past one day. The police have booked Akash alias Mota, Mohan Lal alias Mohni, Manu alias Gandhi, Vishal alias Locha of Gandhi Nagar of Raikot Road and Harpreet Singh alias Longa of Jagraon on the complaint of the deceased's father.

The complainant stated that his son was a drug addict and that he used to buy drugs from the accused. He added that his son had left the house on March 2 and did not return. He started searching for him but to no avail. On ...