In 3,789 cases where drug possessors were convicted, Punjab police used the same narrative in the charge-sheets.
In fact, in 90% of such cases, police kept repeating a set of 10-12 phrases in the charge-sheets, which were accepted by special courts set under the NDPS Act, without further questions, said a yet-to-be-released study.
This might explain why drug menace still continues undeterred in Punjab.
