Ludhiana, April 19 -- A Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) councillor has questioned the Ludhiana police's anti-drug drive after a woman, allegedly caught with heroin in Sanjay Gandhi Colony, was released without the registration of an FIR.

The controversy gained momentum after a purported video, circulating widely on social media, showed the woman being apprehended with suspected contraband.

According to claims made in the video (HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage) by local residents, around 10 to 15 packets of suspected heroin were recovered from her possession.

SAD councillor from Ward Number 20, Chatarveer Singh, alias Kamal Arora, alleged that drug peddling has been continuing unabated in the Tajpur Road area...