In Punjab, the Bhagwant Mann government has decided to form an Anti-Gangster Task Force to crack down on gangsters. This decision has been taken in a meeting held with the Superintendents of Police of Punjab which is presided over by CM Bhagwant Mann. The task force will be headed by an ADGP-rank officer, the CM announced in a meeting with the state’s SSP today.
Before the 2017 elections, groups of more than 400 gangsters were active in Punjab in the state. After the Capt Sarkar came to power, a tremendous campaign was launched to eliminate them and big gangsters were killed in the encounter. Some had surrendered themselves out of fear.
The problem of gangsters in Punjab is so serious that the government had to develop a special gangster cell in Bathinda jail where all the gangsters are imprisoned. Although the Punjab Police has eliminated all the A-category gangsters once during the tenure of Captain Amarinder, in which Jaipal was killed in a police encounter last year and now new players are coming to the fore.
The new gangsters are associated with some faction related to the old ones. Their network is so dangerous that they are completely active on social media. Some dreaded gangsters of Punjab are no longer alive on social media. Davinder Bambiha, Vicky Gounder, Sukha Kahlon and the recently slain Jaipal Bhullar are all active on social media.
Aided by gangs from Delhi and UP, these gangsters are once again threatening Kabaddi players and Pollywood stars. Funding is also done from abroad to tense Punjab with the help of gangsters. According to the information, 70 organized gangs with more than 500 known members are still active in the state, out of which 300 are lodged in different jails.