2025 Proved To Be Year Of Reckoning For Criminals, With 13 Killed And 916 Arrested: CM Bhagwant Mann

In a decisive push against Punjab’s entrenched drug and organised crime networks, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Saturday said the state is decisively turning the tide, citing the arrest of 85,418 drug smugglers over the last three and a half years, an unprecedented 88 percent conviction rate under the NDPS (Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances)  Act, and the apprehension of 916 gangsters since January 1, 2025.