Chandigarh, November 14
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Punjab State President Kewal Singh Dhillon today launched a sharp attack on Aap govt stating that recurring murders, brazen extortion shootings, and multi-crore illegal mining scams prove that both law and order and administrative integrity have completely collapsed in Punjab.
Dhillon emphasized that these horrific cases are far from isolated incidents; rather, they are the latest additions to an unbroken chain of targeted killings, ransom firings, and organized loot that have plagued Punjab week after week, with the state government failing completely to rein in criminals or restore public confidence.
Reacting to three major incidents reported across the state over the past 24 hours, Dhillon said Punjab’s youth, traders, and natural resources are all unsafe under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regime:
Murder of Promising Footballer in Ludhiana: Expressing deep anguish over the brutal murder of 20-year-old promising football player Karanvir Singh alias Gopi in Latala village (Ludhiana)—whose body was found near the village cremation ground with a plastic sack stuffed into his mouth, Dhillon demanded strict punishment for all culprits and adequate compensation for the bereaved family. He noted that violent crime has become unchecked even in rural Punjab.
Brazen Extortion Firing in Bathinda: Referring to the incident in Bathinda’s Bhagta Bhai Ka where two armed shooters looted a motorcycle and sprayed bullets at a dairy over non-payment of extortion money, Dhillon said gangsters are running a parallel extortion economy across Punjab while the Chief Minister remains busy with political tours outside the state.
Illegal Mining & Land Scam Exposed in Pathankot: Hitting out at the Mann government’s tall claims of eliminating the mining mafia, Dhillon pointed to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) arrest of a former Pathankot Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) and a mining businessman, leading to the recovery of ₹1.75 crore in cash and the freezing of 31 bank accounts in connection with illegal mining and fraudulent land transfers.
“Day after day, the same grim script repeats itself across Punjab, yet the Bhagwant Mann government remains a mute spectator,” Dhillon asserted. “Whether it is the blood of our young athletes spilling on village roads, traders facing bullets for refusing ransom, or senior administrative officers colluding with the mining mafia to loot crores, this regime has completely failed to stop the rot and has forfeited every moral right to govern.”
The Punjab BJP President demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann immediately step down as Home Minister, ensure fast-track justice for Karanvir Singh’s family, launch an uncompromising crackdown on extortion gangs, and order an independent probe into political patronage behind the Pathankot illegal mining nexus.
