Every second day Punjab is facing the brutality of gangsters/criminals. Cases of extortion, attacks over religious identity or doing religious activity are very common in the state. The Law and order condition of Punjab is steadily deteriorating with each passing day. Within a week, three murders and women got attacked in Jagrata in Jalandhar.
A fresh incident has been reported in Jalandhar’s Shaheed Babu Labh Singh Nagar, where drunk radicals created chaos during a ‘jagrata’ on Sunday. Several women were injured as a result of the subsequent violence by the radicals. Following the violence, there has been tension in the area, necessitating a heavy police presence.
According to a viral video, the drunkards arrived at the ‘jagrata’ and got into an argument with the organisers. The people in the ‘jagrata’ tried to drive them away so that they wouldn’t ruin it, but after a while, they returned and abused and assaulted the people sitting in the pandal with kirpans. They reportedly attacked many women sitting in Pandal with swords and people present in Pandal said that this all thing happened in presence of the police. According to those who arranged the ‘jagrata’, the young radicals were so drunk that they even hurled kirpans at the sacred flame and blew it off. Following a complaint, Police reached the spot and took stock of the situation.
Senior BJP leader Sunil Jakhar spoke to the TDG and said, “It is lack of good governance, strong leadership in the ruling government that is unable to hold on these situations. Whatever had happened within these six-seven months is over the fence. Punjab was never like this, many things are to be held responsible for this, be it the glorification of gun culture and the most appalling thing is to see young teenagers indulging in crime and getting influenced by gangsters.”
On the states’ law and order situation, senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia tweeted and said, “CM Bhagwant Mann, who also holds Home portfolio, should resign immediately by accepting responsibility of collapse of law & order situation in the state. Law of jungle prevailing in Punjab with targeted killings, extortions and free rein given to gangsters becoming a norm. National security has also been compromised with automatic weapons finding their way into State.”
