Ludhiana, May 28 -- Police have booked three persons after busting an illegal de-addiction centre operating from a shed in Kutbewal village on Hambran Road, where inmates were being housed without authorisation and charged thousands of rupees in the name of treatment.

The accused are Harvinder Singh, alias Taneja, a resident of village Kutbewal Gujjran, Amandeep Singhm alias Mani, a resident of Shimlapuri, and Damanpreet Singh, a resident of Kumbra in Sahibzada Ajit Singh (SAS) Nagar.

According to the police, ASI Major Singh and his team were on patrol near Main Chowk, Ladhowal, on Tuesday, when they received a tip-off that an unauthorised de-addiction centre was being run from a shed on Hambran Road.

Police said around 20 people were ...