Haryana director common of police (DGP) OP Singh has directed district police items to take agency motion towards singers and social media influencers who glamourise gangster existence by means of their music movies, reels, rap tracks and stylised gun-flaunting content material.
Citing songs that commemorate shooters and movies portraying extortionists as “folks heroes,” Singh warned that such content material “destroys in minutes the values taught by mother and father, academics and society” and performs a direct function in inspiring kids to mimic felony behaviour.
The letter was issued on November 23 to station home officers (SHOs), chowki in-charges, deputy superintendent of police (DSPs), assistant commissioner of police (ACPs), superintendent of police (SPs), deputy commissioner of police (DCPs), commissioner of police (CPs) and vary officers throughout Haryana.
Singh praised the pressure for the current achievements underneath ‘Operation Trackdown’, noting that the police had foiled greater than 60 homicide conspiracies in simply 18 days and recovered over 250 unlawful weapons and 350 reside cartridges. Calling the crackdown a “historic achievement,” he mentioned the state authorities and police headquarters have been happy with the coordinated effort that led to greater than 1,500 arrests.
In line with the letter, police items have additionally initiated motion to grab ‘black cash,’ demolished unlawful properties of gang members and reopened outdated historical past sheets to tighten surveillance. Singh mentioned dismantling such networks was important to revive public confidence. He instructed officers to observe criminals launched from jail to make sure they don’t regroup or resume extortion. “Your responsibility is to compel them to depart the trail of crime and stroll throughout the legislation,” he mentioned.
Urging officers to make sure sturdy follow-through in Arms Act instances, Singh mentioned convictions should ship a transparent warning to criminals. “A message should exit that the very weapon they flaunt will ship them to jail for years,” he added. He additionally requested officers to focus on the total crime ecosystem — together with financiers, weapon suppliers, shelter suppliers and those that construct on-line help for gangs by means of manipulated narratives or glamorised portrayals.
Calling the marketing campaign towards organised crime an ongoing battle on the “frontline of civilised society,” Singh mentioned Haryana police possess the power, authorized mandate and willpower to defeat felony syndicates.
