Punjab’s drug crisis has reached a point where even those responsible for enforcing the law are unable to protect their own families. When a police officer a man trained, empowered, and positioned to fight crime, loses his own son to drugs, it exposes a terrifying truth: the system is no longer in control.
This tragedy forces us to confront a painful question: If the protectors of society cannot shield their own children, what chance does an ordinary family have? Parents across Punjab are living in fear, watching their children slip into addiction while the state machinery continues to deny, delay, and deflect.
The father’s heartbreaking statement, “If you want to save your children, leave Punjab” is not just a cry of grief. It is a verdict on the failure of governance. It reflects a deep collapse of trust, where even those inside the system no longer believe the state can protect its people.
Is this what Bhagwant Mann calls “Rangla Punjab”?
A Punjab where drugs are easily available, where smugglers operate freely, and where families are left to fight a losing battle alone?
Despite laws, campaigns, and tall promises, the reality on the ground remains unchanged. Drugs are accessible in every village, every town, every school zone. Meanwhile, the government is busy with publicity, slogans, and political theatre while the youth of Punjab continues to disappear into addiction.
A society collapses not when problems exist, but when its leaders refuse to confront them. Punjab’s drug crisis is not just a law‑and‑order issue; it is a humanitarian emergency.
And until the government treats it with the seriousness it deserves, more families will continue to suffer the same unbearable pain.