Jalandhar, May 1 -- A station house officer (SHO) and an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) have been placed under suspension for allegedly torturing three drug peddling accused and forcing them to take up unnatural sex activities in the Mehatpur police station.

The action was taken on the directions of senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harvinder Singh Virk after the families of the youths, including a minor, staged a protest outside the police station while blaming SHO Lakhbir Singh, ASI Dharminder Singh and other police personnel for the "torture".

The Mehatpur police had arrested two youths and detained the minor after some poppy husk was seized from them on April 27. The minor was released on the same day while a case under the NDPS ...