Rampant drug abuse has emerged as a major political issue in the run-up to the Himachal Assembly elections with the opposition Congress attacking the ruling BJP over alleged easy availability of narcotics in the state.
Heroin derivative ‘chitta’ being smuggled into Himachal Pradesh from Punjab is more addictive and fatal than the one sourced from Delhi, a forensic examination of the samples seized by the state police from various locations has found.