PNS|Hyderabad
A first-year intermediate student died and two of his classmates were critically injured after reportedly injecting themselves with prescription drugs and consuming them along with tablets in Hyderabad on Monday.
The deceased, 17-year-old Mohd Abdul Nasser, was a student of MS Junior College in Aramgarh. According to his uncle, Syed Hussain, Nasser and two classmates allegedly sourced the injections and tablets from a drug peddling racket operating in their locality.
Nasser succumbed to the drug reaction while undergoing treatment at Osmania General Hospital. The two other students remain in critical condition – one admitted to Princess Esra Hospital and the other to Owaisi Hospital.
Syed Hussain filed a complaint at the Balapur police station and appealed to the authorities to trace the origin of the drugs. Balapur police held a meeting with local pharmacists to track the source of these substances. So far, one alleged drug supplier, identified as Sahil, has been arrested.
