Treat singers promoting gang lifestyle through music, videos as criminals: Haryana DGP

Haryana DGP O.P. Singh connected Sunday (November 23, 2025) told constabulary officers that the singers who beforehand pack lifestyles to younker done euphony and videos should beryllium treated arsenic criminals, and strict ineligible enactment should beryllium taken against them.

The DGP said these people, successful a substance of minutes, destruct the teachings fixed to younker by their parents, acquisition by teachers, and the society's discipline.

Notably, the Haryana Police had earlier this twelvemonth initiated enactment against songs that allegedly beforehand weapon culture, "glorify" violence, and incite hatred. Accordingly, the inaugural brought singers, societal media, and different specified platforms nether the lens.

The cybercrime unit's teams show societal media and instrumentality due enactment wherever required, the officials had said.

"..the singers who beforehand pack lifestyles to younker done euphony and videos, should beryllium treated arsenic criminals and strict ineligible enactment should beryllium taken against them," the DGP said connected Sunday (November 23).

Such songs oregon euphony videos garner a sizable viewership and person the imaginable to "adversely impact the youth", constabulary said earlier. Many specified songs person been taken disconnected societal media platforms.

Mr. Singh, successful a station on X successful Hindi, addressed the constabulary officials, including SHOs, DSPs, SPs, DCPs, constabulary commissioners, IG, and ADGP-rank officers, congratulating them for the occurrence of the ongoing "Operation Trackdown", which has delivered a "major blow" to transgression networks.

According to an authoritative statement, the initiative, launched connected November 5, sought to fortify law-and-order enforcement and has produced highly impactful results.

So far, constabulary person arrested 1,439 notorious, wanted, and superior offenders, on with 3,127 different accused individuals. In total, 4,566 criminals person been brought nether the constabulary net.

According to police, the run aims to nab absconders, superior offenders, organised transgression operatives, and notorious criminals successful each territory immediately.

"Continuous and swift enactment has sent a wide connection among criminals that determination is nary harmless haven near for immoderate unlawful enactment successful the state," the connection said.

Under "Operation Trackdown", respective criminals person been arrested portion they were readying "heinous crimes" specified arsenic execution oregon attempted murder, according to the statement.

So far, the run has "saved the lives of 60 individuals", arsenic they were connected these criminals' people lists, constabulary said.

Meanwhile, the DGP, successful a station connected X, asserted, "In a democracy, the regularisation of instrumentality prevails." He besides directed constabulary officials to powerfully prosecute the cases filed against the criminals nabbed during the ongoing operation.

"Ensure punishment successful cases involving the Arms Act. Criminals should person the connection that the precise weapon they are brandishing volition onshore them successful situation for years," helium said, asking constabulary officers to dismantle their full transgression ecosystem.

"Continue to instrumentality ineligible enactment against those who grip their amerciable income, proviso weapons, supply hiding places, and make favourable publicity connected societal media and among the public," the DGP added.