Chitta Punjab! AAP’s Anti-Drug campaign exposed as Cops get high on duty in Mansa
The incident comes amid ongoing protests in Mansa over the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhotta and the mysterious death of small farmer Daljit Singh.
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Amid ongoing protests in Mansa over the killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhotta, a Punjab Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) was allegedly caught consuming a banned drug, commonly known as 'chitta', by locals in Budhlada town of Mansa district.
This incident has exposed the deep rooted drug nexus under the Bhagwant Mann's AAP government. The incident triggered protests, with angry residents accusing the police personnel of being involved in drug consumption and demanding strict action against him.
The ASI has been identified as Sahajpreet Singh, who is undergoing training at Jahan Khelan and had reportedly come to Budhlada on duty. Following the incident, Budhlada Police conducted his dope test, which returned positive. The case also has been registered under section 27, narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances (NDPS) act, 1985 at Budhlada city police station.
A large number of residents of Budhlada found the cop in an unstable condition near ITI Chowk on Friday, where he was temporarily posted to handle the law and order situation due to ongoing protests in Mansa.Seeing his condition, people confronted him and found that he had taken drugs and was in possession of the drugs.Knowing about the incident, the police reached the spot and took away the cop.
Protesters clash with police
Following the incident, police personnel attempted to take the ASI into custody, triggering a confrontation with some residents. The police later took him to a nearby automobile showroom to protect him from the agitated crowd. However, protesters vandalised the showroom's glass entrance and staged a demonstration at the ITI Chowk, blocking the road and demanding strict action against the officer.
situation in Punjab has reached a point where even the police, who claim to be fighting drugs, are being caught allegedly consuming them. A Punjab Police ASI was reportedly caught red-handed by locals while consuming chittain a public toilet near ITI Chowk, Budhlada. pic.twitter.com/m4iInyiXGl
— Parmeet Bidowali (@ParmeetBidowali) October 30, 2026
Punjab is currently grappling with one of its most severe drug crises in decades under the governing Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) administration. Rather than dismantling the illicit trade as promised, the state's drug nexus has expanded and flourished directly under government oversight.
The depth of this crisis was tragically exposed when prominent anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhotta—who routinely conducted live streams to expose local drug networks—was murdered in broad daylight in Mansa district. Adding to the gravity of the situation, state authorities have actively attempted to suppress the true scale of the crisis; recently, local police seized the body of Daljit Singh, a young man who died of a drug overdose, in an effort to stifle public outrage and conceal the cause of death.
According to official statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Punjab led the entire country with 6,060 recorded cases of drug possession for trafficking in 2024 alone. Furthermore, official government data documented 106 drug overdose deaths in the state during the same period, though activists and ground observers maintain the actual mortality rate is substantially higher due to unreported incidents and state suppression.
Across the state, countless incidents have emerged where addicted youth are reduced to a "zombie-like" state—standing motionless, slumped over, or nodding off in public streets due to 'chitta' and adulterated synthetic opioids.
The recent incident underscores how deeply entrenched the drug network has become within the state's own law enforcement apparatus. Taken together, these events demonstrate that Punjab has descended further into the grip of "Udta Punjab," with the state government failing to break the drug nexus or ensure basic accountability.