Newspaper delivery was disrupted in many parts of Punjab on Sunday as the police carried out a special checking of vehicles carrying dailies “to look for drugs or weapons”. Readers woke up and found their daily newspapers missing, leaving many of them surprised, frustrated and fuming.

News websites and social media quickly shared videos and reports showing newspaper vans and hawkers waiting outside police stations for hours, unable to complete their usual deliveries. The police stopped several vehicles, brought them to police stations, and checked the drivers’ background before releasing them. In an official statement, the Punjab Police explained that the checks were not designed to block Press freedom but were based on intelligence inputs that some vehicles could be used by anti-India gr

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