Patiala, Feb. 27 -- A month after a doctor was arrested for alleged misappropriation of drugs at his private de-addiction centres, Punjab health department has formed an eight-member state-level committee to conduct a departmental inquiry into the matter.

The committee, headed by director, health and family welfare, will submit its report within three months.

Dr Amit Bansal, a resident of Chandigarh, who was running 22 private de-addiction centres across Punjab, was arrested in the first week of January after a vigilance probe found that drugs meant for inmates at rehabilitation centres were being misappropriated sold in the black market to persons not enrolled in de-addiction programmes.

Following his arrest, the state health departme...