Overview

• Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann chaired a virtual review with Punjab Police leadership on September 24 to assess law and order for the upcoming festive period.
• Commissioners and SSPs were directed to enforce a zero-tolerance approach and to ensure crowd management, public safety and smooth conduct of events.
• Officers were told to monitor social platforms closely and immediately refer radical or inflammatory content to cybercrime units for action.
• DGP Gaurav Yadav said Kapurthala Police busted a hawala network, recovering Rs 2.05 crore and arresting an associate linked to a Ludhiana-based operator.
• Kapurthala’s PS Cyber Crime recently registered a Phagwara online-fraud case, arresting 38 suspects and seizing laptops, phones and suspected hawala funds, with wider-network probes ongoing.