CHANDIGARH /JALANDHAR
The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Dr. Amit Bansal son Subhash Bansal, a resident of H.No. 141, Sector 28-A Chandigarh for committing illegal activities at his 22 de-addiction centers being run/owned by him in different parts of the state including at Nakodar. In this case, Roop Preet Kaur Drug Inspector Ludhiana has also been booked and will be arrested soon.
An official spokesperson of the VB said that a case has been registered against the accused under section 7, 7-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and 120-B of IPC, at Vigilance Bureau, Flying Squad -1, Punjab at Mohali.
VB Spokesman said Dr. Amit Bansal is running 22 de-addiction centres in Punjab where tablets Addnok-N 0.4 and Addnok-N 2.0 (Buprenorphine and Naloxone) are used for the treatment of addict patients.
During interrogations, it came to the fore that these tablets were misused in the drug de-addiction centers run and owned by the accused Dr. Amit Bansal. It was sold in the market to other persons (addicts) who were not on the rolls of these rehabilitation centers.
VB spokesman said a case, dated 05.10.2022, was earlier registered at Police Station STF, Phase-4, Mohali, against the employees of Dr. Amit Bansal, Vidant, and Kamaljit Singh of Simran Hospital/De-addiction center at Ludhiana.
According to the disclosure statement of these employees, a recovery of about 23000 tablets were confiscated from these employees, and drug money of Rs. 90000 was also recovered from them.
On the same day, the STF Team inspected the above-said Simran De-addiction Center in the presence of Drug Inspector Roop Preet Kaur and found a shortage of 4610 Tablets.
The spokesperson added that after this inspection a report was prepared under the signatures of the inspecting team but the above-mentioned Drug Inspector Roop Preet Kaur sent a separate report to the Director, of Health and Family Welfare Punjab in which she mentioned the shortage of only 4000 tablets instead of 4610 tablets in connivance with Dr. Amit Bansal to save him from the legal criminal action of shortage of 610 tablets which clearly shows her official misconduct and corruption.
The spokesman said it is pertinent to mention here that a video of another de-addiction centre namely Sehaj Hospital Nakodar was got viral by someone whose cognizance was taken by the then Deputy Commissioner Jallandhar and a case FIR No. 64 dated 08.06.2024 was registered at the police station, Nakodar city in Jalandhar.
During the inspection of the said Sehaj de-addiction centre around 144000 tablets, Addnok-N were found by the inspection committee.
The then Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar ordered to freeze the credentials of the online portal till completion of the inquiry and suspended the license of Sehaj Hospital/De-addiction Center Nakodar. Afterward Dr. Amit Bansal, in connivance with the officers/officials of the Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Punjab hushed up the matter.