Kapurthala | An elderly couple from Sultanpur Lodhi spoke to media, claiming that they have lost her four sons to drugs while her fifth and last surviving son is also bed-ridden due to a severe liver infection. Through the media, they made a fervent appeal to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to save him.

"I am the mother of five sons. Four have already died because of drugs," said Manjit Kaur, showing her bedridden son to the reporters. "If he dies, where will I take his children?" she asked with folded hands.

Sonu (32), father of a two-year-old son and a six-month-old daughter, is suffering from a severe liver infection and is unable to speak or eat, his family members told reporters. "His liver is completely damaged. He does not eat anything," said one of his family members. His father Joginderpal Singh asked the government to rid the area of the problem of drugs.

Several women assembled in their Pandori Mohalla in Sultanpur Lodhi, urging the state government to act against 'chitta' which was freely available here. Many youths in the area have become addicts, they said.

"I urge CM Bhagwant Mann with folded hands to help us. Save our fifth son," Manjit Kaur said.

Kaur said the family spent Rs 7 lakh on the treatment of their eldest son but he could not survive. Three months later, her second son died and a few years later, two other sons also died because of drug addiction.

'Chitta' should be finished from our area here. Police should conduct checking where drugs are sold, said Kaur with tears in her eyes.

Another woman at the place pointed towards an elderly woman, saying her son too son was addicted to drugs. Many youths have died of drugs in the past several years, she claimed.