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MHRC recommended DGP, Manipur to direct all the SPs and OCs for regular check-up/enquiry of the private de-addiction/rehabilitation centres within the jurisdiction of the respective Police Station to see that no person is either illegally detained
Pointing out that there are 1.3 lakh drug addicts in the state as per a Social Welfare data, Biren stressed the government's efforts to bring back drugs users to the mainstream.
Matters relating to human rights violation cannot be ascertained by asking straight questions to the staff and functionaries of the de-addiction centres, says Ngangom Uttam, director of department of Social Welfare Department.
Some centres have become booming business for some former addicts, and the SOP is followed more in violation, but concerned authorities simply do not seem to find time for monitoring these centres.
IFP Impact: Manipur Social Welfare director Ngangom Uttam Singh said that an 11-member committee has been set up to formulate state-specific guidelines for private de-addiction centres in the state.
There are around 34,355 injecting drug users in the state as per the survey conducted by the Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry in the year 2019.
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