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Hindustan Times
6 hours ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Punjab govt's anti-drug campaign showing positive results, says governor
Punjab governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Sunday said the state government's 'Yudh Nashyan Virudh' (anti-drug war) had become a mass movement as it was showing positive results. Talking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a function, he said the campaign sensitised people who were coming together to eradicate drug menace from the state. Stating that collective efforts were needed to root out the problem, he exhorted all sections of society to participate in war against drugs. 'Everyone should understand his responsibility and lend his support to the anti-drug campaign,' he said, adding that mere government efforts were not enough to wipe out the menace. The governor said that unemployment and idleness were the root causes of addiction, so youth must be given ample job opportunities and associated with constructive activities. Earlier, addressing members of village and ward defence committees, he said they could play a very significant role in identifying drug peddlers. He appealed to the district administration to give powers to these committees to help them act in a more effective way. Deputy commissioner Ashika Jain informed the governor about the steps taken by the administration to curb drug business. She revealed that capacity of all government-run and private de addiction centres had been raised and three new OOAT centres were being opened in the district. The governor also visited the de-addiction and rehabilitation centre in the city's Fatehgarh area where he interacted with inmates. He took information about the vocational training being imparted to them. 144 peddlers arrested, 6-kg heroin seized Chandigarh Punjab Police on Sunday arrested 144 drug smugglers and recovered 6.7-kg heroin and 440-kg poppy husk from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached 16,492 in just 99 days of the 'Yudh Nashian Virudh' (anti-drug war) campaign, officials said. Special DGP (law and order) Arpit Shukla said over 200 police teams, comprising over 1,400 personnel, under the supervision of 88 gazetted officers, conducted raids at 479 locations across the state, leading to registration of 107 first information reports (FIRs). Police teams also checked 541 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he said. The special DGP said that the state government enforced a three-pronged strategy — enforcement, deaddiction and prevention (EDP) — to eradicate drugs from the state. As part of de-addiction, cops convinced 89 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment on Sunday, officials added.
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Business Standard
28-04-2025
- Business Standard
Punjab targets to become drug-free by May 31; DGP asks officers to lead
Ending drugs trafficking by May 31: that's the ambitious target Punjab Police has set for itself with the force's chief directing all senior officers to firm up plans to cut narcotic supply lines effectively. Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav took the carrot and stick approach to ensure the deadline is met. He announced that Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) and Commissioners of Police (CPs) would be rewarded for their "good work" and held accountable if their performance was not up to the mark. Addressing reporters here, Yadav said Punjab will be made a drug-free state in the sense that the availability of narcotics on the streets is fully culled. The DGP emphasised the decision was a well-considered one and arrived at after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann reviewed the ongoing anti-drug drive "Yudh Nashyan Virudh". "We have asked all field police officers -- the SSPs and CPs -- to lead this campaign from the front so that Punjab can be made drugs-free in the true sense of the term," Yadav said. SSPs and CPs have been directed to plan and execute whatever measures that feel are necessary and fix for themselves a target date to eliminate the menace, but it should not go beyond May 31, the police chief elucidated. He stressed that the objective is to cut all supply lines before May 31, by which their areas should be completely free of drugs. After the deadline ends, a rigorous field assessment would be carried out to know the actual situation on the ground, Yadav said. "Officers who perform well will be rewarded, and those with unsatisfactory results or found making will be held accountable," the police chief added while asserting that the force looks to achieve the goal in an absolutely professional manner. "Our focus is not on a figure-based target but to completely severe the supply chains and make drugs unobtainable in Punjab," he said. Laying out a broad strategy to fight the menace, Yadav explained that police would "call forward and backward linkages through information and interrogation" to unmask those involved in drug trafficking and eventually arrest them. "Its twin purpose is to target street-level peddlers and the big fish in one go." "Our second mechanism is to break the financial backbone of drug smuggling... hawala networks should be dismantled. We have arrested 31 hawala operators and seized Rs 8 crore of hawala money," the DGP added.
Deccan Herald
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Deccan Herald
Punjab wants to end drug trafficking by May 31, DGP tells officers to lead from front
The DGP emphasised the decision was a well-considered one and arrived at after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann reviewed the ongoing anti-drug drive "Yudh Nashyan Virudh".
Hindustan Times
28-04-2025
- Hindustan Times
Punjab wants to end drug trafficking by May 31, DGP tells officers to lead from front
Chandigarh, Ending drugs trafficking by May 31: that's the ambitious target Punjab Police has set for itself with the force's chief directing all senior officers to firm up plans to cut narcotic supply lines effectively. Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav took the carrot and stick approach to ensure the deadline is met. He announced that Senior Superintendents of Police and Commissioners of Police would be rewarded for their "good work" and held accountable if their performance was not up to the mark. Addressing reporters here, Yadav said Punjab will be made a drug-free state in the sense that the availability of narcotics on the streets is fully culled. The DGP emphasised the decision was a well-considered one and arrived at after Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann reviewed the ongoing anti-drug drive "Yudh Nashyan Virudh". "We have asked all field police officers the SSPs and CPs to lead this campaign from the front so that Punjab can be made drugs-free in the true sense of the term," Yadav said. SSPs and CPs have been directed to plan and execute whatever measures that feel are necessary and fix for themselves a target date to eliminate the menace, but it should not go beyond May 31, the police chief elucidated. He stressed that the objective is to cut all supply lines before May 31, by which their areas should be completely free of drugs. After the deadline ends, a rigorous field assessment would be carried out to know the actual situation on the ground, Yadav said. "Officers who perform well will be rewarded, and those with unsatisfactory results or found making will be held accountable," the police chief added while asserting that the force looks to achieve the goal in an absolutely professional manner. "Our focus is not on a figure-based target but to completely severe the supply chains and make drugs unobtainable in Punjab," he said. Laying out a broad strategy to fight the menace, Yadav explained that police would "call forward and backward linkages through information and interrogation" to unmask those involved in drug trafficking and eventually arrest them. "Its twin purpose is to target street-level peddlers and the big fish in one go." "Our second mechanism is to break the financial backbone of drug smuggling... hawala networks should be dismantled. We have arrested 31 hawala operators and seized ₹8 crore of hawala money," the DGP added.
