10,000 Cops Transferred by Punjab CM for Alleged Link With Drug Peddlers

Chandigarh: In a first-of-its-kind move to curb the drug menace in the state, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has ordered the transfer of at least 10,000 police personnel, reported India Today.

CM Mann said that the transfers were made because several police personnel were part of the drug pedlar nexus.

He said that because of the nexus, many of the accused have been let off the hook, and the complaints against them had been ignored for many years.

Mann said, “Many of the Moharrir head constables (MHC), station house officers (SHO), and constables have been stationed at the same police station for many years and have formed a nexus with the drug smugglers there. They manipulate the procedures to save the accused. I have asked the Director General of Police (DGP) to immediately order mass transfer.”

Over 280 drug addicts have died in the past three years in Punjab. Fourteen drug related deaths occurred in Punjab in the past fortnight.