Punjab is a mess. ThePrint’s report lays bare a deadly cocktail of drugs, guns, youth ready to kill for peanuts and an alleged police-gangster nexus crippling the system. Police chase shadows while gangs and Pakistan-based intelligence operatives wreak havoc. For a sensitive border state, it’s more than a law-and-order crisis.
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Punjab is a mess. Very sad, as a Punjabi, to read this.