Law & order situation improved in one year of CM Bhagwant Mann’s regime in Punjab

Punjab witnesses significant downfall in crime, drug recoveries surged in past one year

-17568 Drug smugglers held with 863.9 KG heroin, 888 KG Opioum, 1229 KG Ganja, Rs. 10.36 crores drug money since March 16, 2022

Punjab Police bust 26 terror modules with arrest of 168 terrorists

AGTF arrests 582 gangsters/criminals besides neutralizing five in a year, recovers 586 weapons

Punjab Police committed to make Punjab safe & secure state as per vision of CM Bhagwant Mann

Chandigarh, March 15, 2023: A year after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government came into the power, the Law and Order situation in the border state has witnessed a considerable improvement as majority of criminals and gangsters have been put behind the bar, while, many of them chose to leave the state amidst the strict vigil kept by Punjab Police on the movement of anti-social elements.

In last few months, Punjab Police under the supervision of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav has conducted many special operations, and in majority of operations the latter himself hit the ground running to lead the entire Police Force to conduct these operations, which were aimed to instil sense of security among the general public and increase presence of the cops to infuse fear among the anti-social elements. The operations including Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs), raids at hideouts of dreaded gangsters, special vehicle checking operations, Operation Seal, night domination operations, etc were conducted.

The official data from March 16, 2022 to March 15, 2023 reveals that the Punjab Police have busted 26 terror modules with the arrest of 168 terrorist/radicals after recovering 31 Rifles, 201 Revolvers/Pistols, 9 Tiffin Improvised Explosive Device (IEDs), 8.72Kg RDX and other explosives, 11 Hand Grenades, two Sleeves of disposed Rocket Launcher, 30 Drones, and one loaded Rocket Propelled Grenade.