New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Saturday announced 10,000 new recruitments in the Punjab Police to root out drugs, as he declared that the state is fighting the final and decisive 'Yudh Nashean Virudh'.
During a first-of-its-kind 'SHO Milni' and honouring police officers for outstanding work during the campaign, Chief Minister Mann said police have full freedom to take every legitimate action against drugs and directed them to go to villages and towns, take people along and crack down on the menace. He said 'Yudh Nashean Virudh' has now become a mass awareness movement across Punjab, while the police force will soon get 450 ASIs and 3,400 police personnel.
Sharing a few snippets from this occasion, Mann stated on X: "Today, I held an important meeting with Punjab Police officers, from the DGP to the SHO, at Maharaja Ranjit Singh Academy, Phillaur. Under the 'Yudh Nashean Virudh', we have given the police complete freedom to take strict action against drug smugglers. "Along with providing the force with state-of-the-art facilities, we are also going to undertake 10,000 new recruitments without any recommendation or favour. Let us resolve that we will neither stop nor bow until the menace of drugs is uprooted completely. We will not let a single mother or sister shed tears and will build a drug-free 'Rangla Punjab'. Inquilab Zindabad."
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.