The Punjab government’s handling of law enforcement has come under fire from SAD leader Bikram Majithia, who painted a damning picture of dual standards. On one hand, international border vulnerabilities claimed two police lives in Gurdaspur; on the other, officers were reportedly stationed at a lavish pre-wedding photoshoot.
Posting on X, Majithia detailed the horrific ambush at Adian checkpost near Dorangla, where Home Guard Ashok Kumar and ASI Gurnam Singh were shot dead in the dead of night, merely 1.5 km from Pakistan. Days later, no clarity on culprits or circumstances has emerged, signaling investigative paralysis.
Contrast this with the alleged deployment of active-duty policemen for Batala Market Committee Chairman Engineer Manik Mehta’s pre-wedding event. Majithia lambasted the absurdity: ‘Policemen guarding private festivities while fellow officers bleed on borders?’
He urged senior police brass to justify this deployment over frontline security and called out AAP leaders on their event preferences. ‘Never before has Punjab Police been prostituted for celebrity shoots,’ Majithia thundered, pushing for immediate suspensions of Mehta and implicated officers.
As Punjab grapples with escalating border threats, this episode exposes systemic rot. Public discourse now demands a white paper on police allocations, with opposition voices amplifying calls for overhaul. The AAP’s silence only fuels perceptions of favoritism towards the elite, eroding trust in state machinery.