"One doesn't need a corruption case by the CBI to state rampant corruption in Punjab. You simply have to look at the lifestyle of police officials, their houses, the interiors, the cars they drive and multiple phones they carry and how they are affording travels abroad," a senior police official said anonymously when asked about the scale of corruption.

Another official, also seeking anonymity, described a "systematic monthly system" intertwining police, politicians and real estate agents. "Just look at the growth in real estate in Punjab where it seems drug money commissions are getting circulated," he added.

The arrest of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Harcharan Singh Bhullar by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on October 17, 2025, has ripped open the veil over Punjab Police

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