Srinagar- A teenager from Dalgate area of the city was sent to a drug de-addiction centre, a day after his mother accused him of manhandling her, besides stealing valuables from home to feed his drug addiction.
Imran Ahmad, an 18-years-old boy from Dalgate was admitted to a drug de-addiction centre in Srinagar, a day after the video of his mother pleading with the police to take him into custody went viral on social media.
A police official said the boy was admitted to a private drug de-addiction centre in Srinagar immediately after his mothers emotional video appeared on social media.
A police team from the Ram Munshi Bagh police station along with the representatives of the Grooming Kashmir Rehab Center raided his house around 12am in the night, and took to the drug de-addiction centre, he added.
Given obvious reasons why a drug addict cannot be put under police custody, the teenager was taken to a drug de-addiction facility in order to receive effective treatment.
In the meantime, his mother expressed gratitude to the police, the media, and the people of Kashmir for making her and family heave a sigh of relief by assisting her son to be admitted to a drug de-addiction centre.
“There are not enough words to describe how grateful I am to the media, the police, and the people of Kashmir who supported me throughout these trying times. I was compelled to appear on social media as I was constantly being assaulted by my son under the severe influence of drugs,” she added.
Imran, she claimed, had given up eating and was consuming tea nonstop, day and night, without considering its negative consequences on his health. In order to support his drug addiction, she said Imran had stolen about seven cell phones and other valuables worth lakhs.
“Since he is too young, I hope he will recover soon and get rid of the drug addiction, my elder son was also into drug addiction and I admitted him at the psychiatry hospital in Srinagar,” she said.
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