PATNA, May 6 -- A social media influencer from Begusarai district in Bihar, who was deluged with likes and followers for her bold reels, landed up in a de-addiction centre in Patna after her wrong associations pushed her into the dark and dingy world of substance abuse.

A young mother from Begusarai district, who saw the number of her followers jumping from 6,000-7,000 to 1.10-lakh within 10 days, she said that she had ruined her life, but vowed to put it on track afresh once free from addiction to raise her child. She also had to close her Instagram account, which had a growing list of followers due to her bold Bhojpuri dialogues and posturing, after she landed in trouble for some of the posts.

"How I got drawn into drug is something I...