Ludhiana, March 4 -- Days after a massive cordon and search operations (CASO), the Ludhiana Rural police were left red-faced on Monday after a suspected drug death surfaced in Jagraon.

Officials said the body of an unidentified man was found with a syringe stuck in veins. The development comes amid heightened action against peddlers after chief minister Bhagwant Mann set a 90-day deadline for police and administration to make Punjab dug-free.

Police sent the body to the local civil hospital for a post-mortem and made announcements in the surrounding areas to help with the deceased's identification.

Locals found the body in an abandoned building near the science college in Jagraon and raised an alarm.

Locals claimed police searched the...