India, July 18 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Jalandhar Zone on Thursday carried out simultaneous searches at four locations: Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Barnala, and Mumbai in connection with a money laundering investigation into the illegal sale of de-addiction medicines by 22 private drug rehabilitation centres operating across Punjab.
The ED's action stems from a series of FIRs registered by the Punjab Police against Dr. Amit Bansal and others. Dr. Bansal, who runs 22 private de-addiction centres in the state, is accused of misusing the medical facilities meant for rehabilitation of drug addicts by diverting and illegally selling BNX (Buprenorphine/Naloxone), a critical medicine used in opioid substitution therapy.
Sources in the ED co...