Last Updated: 24 June 2024

Strict action against police officers, politicians involved
-- SAD senior politician Majithia booked^[1]
-- Congress leader Sukhpal Khaira arrested^[2]
-- AIG Police Raj Jit Singh dismissed & named in FIR^[3]
-- DSP Lakhvir Singh arrested for allegedly accepting Rs 10 lakh^[4]
-- SI booked for supporting drug mafia^[5]

¶ Postings on Merit

SSPs/CPs postings on merit, not corruption dealings^[6]

• Restrained CPs/SSPs and other field officers to take their sub-ordinate staff along with them on their transfers

¶ Strict Transfer Policy

Transfer of even lower rank police officials^[7]
-- 10,000 already transferred as part of this action plan

Strict Policy for transfer of those who have been posted at the same seat for 3 years to break the possible nexus^[8]

• Officials have been working at the same police station for over 10 years, he said, adding that somewhere or the other "favouritism" is going on
• Alleged "nexus" between lower rank police officials and drug peddlers

REFERENCES:

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1. https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/punjab-sit-probing-drug-case-involving-sad-leader-bikram-majithia-reconstituted-1220844.html ↩︎

2. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/congress-leader-sukhpal-khaira-remanded-in-two-day-police-custody-552114 ↩︎

3. https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-police-drug-mafia-nexus-dismissed-senior-official-faces-probe-for-amassing-wealth-through-narcotics-sale-assets-seized-drugmafia-punjabpolice-narcotics-vigilancebureau-101681729035045.html ↩︎

4. https://theprint.in/india/punjab-police-dsp-held-for-accepting-rs-10-lakh-bribe-from-drugs-supplier/1028036/ ↩︎

5. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/cop-booked-for-setting-drug-peddler-free-accepting-rs-70000-bribe-in-ludhiana-8526444/ ↩︎

6. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=175821 ↩︎

7. https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/10000-cops-transferred-as-mann-cracks-down-on-punjab-drug-mafia-9400769/ ↩︎

8. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=186225 ↩︎