Bhopal under shadow of drugs

MDMA was often introduced as a party enhancer or fitness supplement, distributed freely at first to hook users by the criminals. Once addicted, victims were reportedly coerced into acting as couriers or recruiters—fueling what officials describe as a ‘chain-marketing’ model of drug proliferation

- INDO-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

In a sweeping crackdown that has rattled Bhopal’s underbelly, the Crime Branch has unearthed a sprawling drug and exploitation network operating across the city’s social hotspots.

The arrests of Yasin Malik and his uncle Shahwar—both caught with MDMA and an unlicensed pistol after a high-speed chase—have exposed a disturbing nexus of narcotics, coercion, and abuse.

Investigators recovered 22 grams of MDMA, two vehicles, and a country-made firearm from the duo.

But it was the contents of Yasin’s mobile phone that deepened the gravity of the case ~ over twenty videos allegedly depicting drugged young women being sexually exploited and boys subjected to violent beatings.