Gangs In Punjab.

As a result of accelerating crime in the southern regions of Punjab, the Prime Minister has approved fresh law enforcement operations to counter the growing influence of violent gangs in the region, to be conducted in four phases by 300 law enforcers. Under the plan, the operation would be conducted in four phases: approach, clearance, consolidation and normalisation, while reportedly the police already kicked off the first phase late on Monday.

This is indeed a formidable task that the Punjab government and the Punjab law enforcement agencies would require help and assistance in. The last such operation that the Punjab law enforcement undertook was in 2016, which resulted in the lives of several policemen and the army had to arrive on the scene and conduct shelling of the bandits' hideouts. This time too, The Punjab Rangers and the army have been put on high alert to assist in the operation as and when required.

There are several lessons to be learned from the 2016 operations, which received a lot of publicity and alarm due to the rampant and violent crime of the culprit gang, called the 'Chotu gang'. The criminal incidents received worldwide attention due to the gang's kidnappings of Chinese workers residing in Pakistan for CPEC...