Ludhiana, March 24 -- The local police sent a couple to a government drug rehabilitation centre and placed their four-year-old daughter in foster care as she was 'neglected', officials said.

Police said the couple recently moved from Mehroli in Mohali and rented a house at a village in Samrala. Police said the man and his wife are both chronic addicts and the action has been taken as part of the state's intensified efforts to clamp down on the drug menace.

The incident came to light as the village, concerned about the deteriorating health of the couple and the plight of their child, alerted the police.

Samrala station-house officer (SHO) Pavitar Singh said that when they raided their home, they found the couple in a 'heavily intoxicate...