— PAKISTAN TRYING TO CREATE DISTURBANCE IN PUNJAB BY PUSHING NARCO-TERRORISM; PUNJAB POLICE SUCCESSFULLY FOILING THEIR NEFARIOUS DESIGNS: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— DGP PUNJAB CHAIRS SECURITY REVIEW MEETINGS IN TARN TARAN AND BATALA POLICE DISTRICTS
— 203 FOREIGN HANDLERS IDENTIFIED, PROCESS INITIATED TO ISSUE RCN/BCN NOTICES: DGP GAURAV YADAV
— 26 TERROR MODULES BUSTED, 90 ACCUSED ARRESTED SINCE SEPTEMBER 2024
TARN TARAN/BATALA/CHANDIGARH, October 14:
In a proactive move to ensure the peaceful celebrations of the forthcoming Diwali festival, Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav on Tuesday directed the district police chiefs to ensure maximum visibility and alertness of the police force across the state, with a special emphasis on active and strategic nakas.
The DGP, accompanied by ADGP Anti-Gangster Task Force Promod Ban and ADGP Counter Intelligence Amit Prasad, chaired security review meetings in two police districts— Tarn Taran and Batala, with focus on countering the emerging threats of narco-terrorism and organised crime. He took detailed stock of the festival season preparedness and the deployment of the police force.
Briefing media about the current security challenges, DGP Gaurav Yadav stated that Pakistan has been indulging in a proxy war by pushing narco-terrorism into Punjab. “In the last few days, Pakistan has been trying to create disturbance in Punjab by pushing narco-terrorism, but the Punjab Police has been actively and successfully foiling their nefarious designs,” he said.
He highlighted that Pakistan has been using drones and other means to transport consignments of drugs and weapons. “The anti-drone systems deployed by the Punjab Government are being used effectively to counter this aerial threat,” the DGP affirmed.
Providing significant operational details on terror front, he disclosed that since September 2024, the Punjab Police has busted 26 terror modules with the arrest of 90 accused persons. A huge quantity of arms, explosives, ammunition, hand grenades, and RDX have been recovered from their possession, dealing a major blow to terror networks, he added.
On the front of organised crime, the DGP reviewed the cases where arrests are pending. He directed the concerned officers to apprehend the absconding accused at the earliest. He stressed the necessity of professional and scientific investigation to dismantle the entire ecosystem of organised crime.
DGP Gaurav Yadav revealed that 203 foreign handlers associated with terror networks or organised crime have been identified. “A process has been initiated in coordination with central agencies to issue Red Corner Notices/Blue Corner Notices against them to bring them to justice in India,” he said.
The DGP has also reviewed ongoing anti-drugs campaign Yudh Nashian Virudh. Sharing outcome of the ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ campaign, DGP Gaurav Yadav said that Punjab Police has registered 21,707 FIRs and arrested 32,903 drug smugglers, including 2533 drug suppliers, since March 1, 2025, and recovered 1446 kg heroin, 475 kg opium, 25 ton poppy husk, 35 kg charas, 511 kg ganja, 12 kg ICE, 3.6 kg cocaine, 39.29 lakh intoxicant pills/tablets and Rs 13.39 crores drug money from their possession. Punjab Police has also freezed illegally acquired properties of drug smugglers worth Rs 205 crores under section 68F of the NDPS Act, he said.
He said that as part of the rehabilitation, Punjab Police has referred as many as 62000 people to De-addiction centres or OOAT centres to bring them to the mainstream.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that Punjab’s ‘Safe Punjab’ WhatsApp Chatbot portal— 9779100200— has achieved an unprecedented 33 percent tip conversion rate, with the information received from the people has led to the registration of 7285 first information reports (FIRs). He exhorted people to anonymously share information regarding drug traffickers on this chatbot without any fear.
Commissioner of Police (CP) Amritsar Gurpreet Singh Bhullar, DIG Ferozepur Range Nilambari Jagdale, DIG Border Range Nanak Singh, DIG AGTF Gurmeet Chauhan, SSP Tarn Taran Ravjot Kaur Grewal and SSP Batala Suhail Qasim Mir were among other officers who attended the meetings.
