30
Apr
Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh): Punjab’s war on gangsters is no longer confined to encounters and arrests: it is being decisively pushed to the state’s edges, where a silent but far more strategic battle is underway. Under “Gangstran Te Vaar,” the Punjab Police is aggressively strengthening the “second line of defence” — a deep, technology-driven security grid designed to choke the very lifelines of organised crime networks operating with cross-border linkages. While the Border Security Force (BSF) continues to guard the international boundary, Punjab Police is ensuring that even if contraband slips through, it doesn’t travel far. And increasingly, the numbers reflect…