Rupnagar/Sri Chamkaur Sahib, November 13: Police in Rupnagar district have arrested three men and seized 76 intoxicant capsules after a video purportedly showing youths consuming drugs inside a public toilet in Sri Chamkaur Sahib went viral on social media.

According to the reports, a person recorded a video of two brothers allegedly consuming drugs inside the toilet. When confronted, the youths initially claimed they were only there to use the washroom. After the video circulated widely online, police acted. The drug consumption seen in the video is alleged, not established fact.

Inspector Shivendra Singh, Station House Officer (SHO) of Sri Chamkaur Sahib police station, told NDTV that police teams acted promptly after receiving information about youths consuming drugs in the area, arrested three individuals and seized 76 intoxicant capsules from their possession. All three accused tested positive in their dope tests, the SHO said — a police statement, reported as such.

Police identified the accused as brothers Kuldeep Singh and Sandeep Singh alias Sanju, both residents of Sri Chamkaur Sahib, and Hardeep Singh, a resident of Kiri Afgana village. A case has been registered against the trio under Section 27 of the NDPS Act and Section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) — FIR No. 200, dated November 9, 2026, according to the reports. All three have been produced before a local court. The charges against them have not been proven.

Why it matters: The incident comes from the same Chamkaur Sahib from where the Congress launched its 'Jawani Sambhal' cycle yatra against drugs on November 12 — drugs are the central issue of the 2027 election build-up, with every opposition party targeting the government over them. A viral video of alleged drug use in a public place revives the ground-reality questions attached to the government's anti-drug claims, though a single incident does not by itself describe the whole state.

The Congress launched its 'Jawani Sambhal' anti-drug yatra from Chamkaur Sahib on November 12. Read the earlier report