Jalandhar, Oct. 1 -- Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met families affected by drug addiction in Punjab and heard their accounts of loss and suffering before addressing a gathering in Kot Kalan village in Jalandhar district.

Shah's visit marked the culmination of the BJP's 13-day Nasha Mukt Punjab Yatra, which the party president Nitin Nabin launched from Pathankot on September 18 as part of the party's campaign against drugs in the state.

Before his address, Shah met several aggrieved families and listened to them for nearly half an hour. Describing their accounts as "shocking and painful", he said their experiences reflected the extent of the drug problem in Punjab.

Referring to the families of young people who had died due...