‘Gangstran Te Vaar’: Punjab Police acts against over 58,000 criminals in 200-day crackdown

Pu jab
Police’s
‘Ga gst a
Te
Vaa ’
Completes
200
Days
of
Sustai ed
C ackdow

Pu jab
Police’s
flagship
a ti-ga gste
campaig
‘Ga gst a
Te
Vaa ’
has
completed
200
days,
with
the
fo ce
claimi g
a
majo
c ackdow
o
o ga ised
c ime
etwo ks
ac oss
the
state.Du i g
the
campaig ,
police
co ducted
1,09,087
aids,
a ested
1,532
p oclaimed
offe de s
a d
i itiated
actio
agai st
58,212
c imi als
a d
thei
associates,
acco di g
to
official
sou ces.

C ackdow
ta gets
e ti e
o ga ised
c ime
ecosystem

Lau ched
u de
the
Bhagwa t
Ma
gove me t,
the
i tellige ce-d ive
campaig
has
focused
ot
o ly
o
ga gste s
but
also
o
thei
associates,
fi a cial
etwo ks,
weapo s
supply,
logistics
a d
ove seas
ha dle s.Police
said
p eve tive
actio
was
take
agai st
28,201
people,
while
a othe
18,514
we e
ve ified
a d
eleased.
Ove all,
the
campaig
cove ed
1,04,927
pe so s,
i cludi g
ga gste s,
thei
associates
a d
wa ted
c imi als.DGP
Gau av
Yadav
said
the
ope atio
had
evolved
i to
a
multi-dime sio al
campaig
aimed
at
disma tli g
the
ecosystem
suppo ti g
o ga ised
c ime.“Ou
st ategy
goes
beyo d
a ests
to
disma tli g
the
ecosystem
that
e ables
o ga ised
c ime
by
ta geti g
associates,
fi a ces,
logistics,
commu icatio
cha els
a d
ove seas
li kages,”
Yadav
said.

Weapo s,
d ugs
a d
c imi al
i f ast uctu e
seized

The
campaig
also
ta geted
the
fi epowe
a d
fi a cial
etwo ks
of
o ga ised
ga gs.
Pu jab
Police
ecove ed
990
illegal
fi ea ms,
242
sha p-edged
weapo s,
2,739
ou ds
of
ammu itio ,
315
magazi es,
2.5
kg
of
explosives
a d
15
ha d
g e ades.I
its
actio
agai st
the
c ime-d ug
exus,
police
seized
774.38
kg
of
he oi ,
480.23
kg
of
opium,
7,266.26
kg
of
poppy
husk
a d
mo e
tha
26.91
lakh
i toxica t
tablets.Autho ities
also
seized
Rs
1.73
c o e
i
d ug
mo ey,
Rs
1.80
c o e
i
cash
a d
413.85
g ams
of
gold.

Ove seas
ga gste s
b ought
back

The
A ti-Ga gste
Task
Fo ce
(AGTF)
also
pu sued
fugitives
ope ati g
f om
ab oad.
Police
highlighted
the
depo tatio
of
ga gste
Bhuv esh
Chop a
alias
Ashish
Chop a
f om
Ce t al
Asia
a d
Joba jit
Si gh
alias
Joba
Billa
f om
Jaka ta,
I do esia.

AGTF
chief
P amod
Ba
said
the
campaig
i c easi gly
combi es
field
ope atio s
with
fi a cial
i vestigatio s,
digital
i tellige ce
a d
coo di atio
with
ce t al
age cies
to
t ack
fo eig -based
ha dle s
a d
c imi al
etwo ks.

Tipli e
lau ched
fo
public
i tellige ce

Pu jab
Police
said
4,978
mobile
ha dsets,
1,781
vehicles
a d
61
d o es
li ked
to
c imi al
activities
we e
also
seized,
while
64,402.77
lit es
of
illicit
liquo
was
ecove ed
a d
dest oyed.To
st e gthe
public
pa ticipatio ,
the
AGTF
has
lau ched
a
dedicated
a o ymous
tipli e
at
93946-93946
fo
i fo matio
about
ga gste s,
wa ted
c imi als
a d
elated
activities.
A
ewa d
policy
has
also
bee
i t oduced
fo
c edible
i fo matio
leadi g
to
actio
agai st
wa ted
c imi als,
with
autho ities
p omisi g
co fide tiality
fo
i fo ma ts.

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