Chandigarh, February 8 The Punjab Police will launch "Operation Prahar-2," a statewide operation against wanted criminals, starting from Monday, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said here on Sunday.
The 72-hour operation will focus on wanted criminals and will begin on Monday, Yadav said.
"Our aim is to make Punjab safe and secure by giving a sense of security to the common people," the DGP said while addressing reporters here.
He said that 12,000 officers, who will be part of 2,000 teams, will be deployed under this operation.
"Our aim is to make Punjab crime and gangster-free. There is zero tolerance for crime and organised crime," Yadav said.
Earlier, on January 20, the Punjab Police had launched Operation Prahar, a statewide operation to dismantle the entire ecosystem of organised crime.
Highlighting the outcome of last month's operation, Yadav said that to date, 5,290 people have been arrested, and 2,972 have been taken into preventive custody.
On the ongoing drive under "Yudh Nashian Virudh" (war against drugs), the DGP said that as many as 34,000 FIRs have been registered since March 2025, and 45,000 arrests have been made, which include 3,000 major suppliers and 65 hawala operators.
Heroin recovery stands at 2,150 kg to date, he said.
Police have given detailed instructions regarding operational preparedness, Yadav said.
Senior officers will visit the crime scene and will personally be in the field, supervising checkings, patrolling, and making maximum use of manpower in core policing duties, the DGP said.
In every district, fixed checkpoints will be established for round-the-clock checking of vehicles, especially two-wheelers, he said.
"We have also issued SOP (standard operating procedure) that if any incident takes place, what should be the response. In this, we are focusing on the use of wireless networks," he said.
