Overview
- The intake comprises 1,261 District Cadre and 485 Armed Cadre posts within Punjab Police.
- Mann said hiring was strictly merit-based and transparent, rejecting earlier “cash and recommendations” practices.
- He positioned the cohort to counter drug trafficking, cybercrime, gangs and cross-border smuggling along Punjab’s 532-km frontier.
- The state announced the second phase of its Yudh Nashian Virudh anti-drug campaign, claiming arrests of peddlers and demolition of assets linked to drug money.
- Officials highlighted new tools including Baz Aankh anti-drone systems in Tarn Taran, Ferozepur and Amritsar plus a 2025 award for the State Cyber Crime Wing, as part of broader hiring that the government pegs at 63,027 posts since March 2022.