Punjab Police (India)


The Punjab Police is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the state of Punjab, India. Punjab Police has a broad array of specialized services, including the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and the enforcement of the Constitution of India.
Its headquarters are located at Jan Marg, Chandigarh. On September 7, 2011, Punjab Police started a video conferencing service to redress problems of NRIs.
The present DGP of Punjab Police is Dinkar Gupta since February 7, 2019. He is an IPS officer of 1987 batch.

History

After Independence of India, Punjab police was responsible for protection of Indo-Pak as well as Indo-Chinese border before BSF and ITBP were raised.

Rapid Rural Police Response System

Punjab to be the first state of India to have Rapid Rural Police Response System which provides City PCR-like response service in rural areas. As Punjab Police adopted Computer-Aided-Dispatch system for Dial 100 system, 289 four-wheelers and 724 GPS fitted motorcycles are being used.

Punjab Highway Patrol

Punjab Police have global positioning system tracker and vehicle registration search device equipped highway patrol vehicles.

Crime Investigation Agency (CIA Staff)

Crime Investigation Agency or CIA staff is a special branch of Punjab Police. The crucial or unsolved criminal cases like smuggling, kidnapping, narcotics, terrorism, murder, etc. are handed over to them. This branch of police is known for its ways to interrogate the culprit who committed the crime.

Night Policing Scheme

Punjab is first state in the country to launch Night policing scheme with independent cadre, command and structure of 4,000 strong police force for prevention of offences at night time.

Punjab Bureau of Investigation

Punjab Bureau of Investigation was setup in 2019 with 4521 dedicated new posts. Punjab is the first State of India that have formed Bureau of Investigation and separated law & order duties from investigation functions by bringing all investigation staff of 7,772 under a unified wing command. The Bureau of Investigation would conduct investigation into civil and criminal cases registered at various police stations and is equipped with:
;Police Recruits Training Centre
Police Recruits Training Centre is located at Jahan Khelan, which is about 10 km from Hoshiarpur on the Una road. PRTC Jahan Khelan is headed by a Commandant. This is a subsidiary training centre of the Punjab Police Academy. It caters to the teaching and training needs of the newly recruited police constables and also organizes several other courses. It is the oldest and premier police training centre of Northern area and is functioning in this campus since November 1947 after shifting from fort Gobindgarh, Amritsar.
;Commando training centre
Punjab Police has a commando training centre at Fort Bahadurgarh in Patiala.

Armed Battalions

The headquarters of the Punjab Armed Police are located at Jalandhar while the India Reserve Battalions are stationed at Sangrur, Amritsar, Patiala, Ludhiana and Jalandhar and the Punjab Commando Police at Bahadurgarh and S.A.S. Nagar.

Weapons and Equipment

PP was equipped with.303 rifles,.410 Muskets, and 561 Sten Guns but modernisation with advanced weapons is now taking place.

Vehicles

Punjab Police have 3083 vehicles and patrol cars like Mahindra Scorpio Getaways and Maruti Gypsys. PP also have motorcycles equipped with GPS and Multi Utility Vehicles equipped with GPS and CCTV cameras.

Cyber Crime Cell Punjab

Punjab Police have a dedicated cyber crime cell to deal with cyber crime in the state headed by IG ranked police officer having office in Phase 4, S.A.S Nagar.

Punjab SWAT

Punjab Police Special Weapons and Tactics was formed in 2010. They are usually tasked with protection duties. They are highly trained on the lines of National Security Guard by Israel's Mossad through private company Athena Security, deployed by the Punjab Government. All the commandos are under 28 years of age, thus making them fit and capable of tasks meant for commandos. Their main work is to fight against any terrorist attack if it occurs in Punjab State. They have been trained exclusively in Krav Maga, room intervention, close and open techniques and other secret tactics.
The SWAT is provided with various state-of-art equipment and the latest technology. The teams are provided with:
Weapons
Punjab SWAT very efficiently handled counter-terrorism operation at Dina Nagar Police Station in 2015 Gurdaspur attack by killing all 3 suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists.

Commemoration Day

Every year, 21 October is celebrated as Commemoration Day by Punjab Police.

Hierarchy

Officers
Sub-ordinates
Following is the list of all the major IPS Officeholders in Punjab Police.
Sr. RankNameYear of AllotmentCurrent PostingDate of retirement
1Sumedh Singh Saini198230.06.2018
2Suresh Arora198230.09.2018
3Samant Kumar Goel1984On Central Deputation.31.05.2020
4Mohd. Mustafa1985DGP/Punjab State Human Rights Commission, Chg.28.02.2021
5Hardeep Singh Dhillon1985DGP/Law & Order, Pb., Chg31.03.2019
6Jasminder Singh1986DGP/IVC, Pb., Chandigarh.31.08.2019
7S. Chattopadhayaya1986DGP/HRD, Pb., Chg.31.03.2022
8Dinkar Gupta1987DGP PUNJAB31.03.2024
9C. Sita Rami Reddy1987DGP/Investigation, Lokpal, Pb., Chg.31.12.2020
10M.K. Tiwari1987DGP-cum-MD, Punjab Police Housing Corporation, Chandigarh.28.02.2022
11V.K. Bhawra1987DGP INT31.05.2024
12Prabodh Kumar1988Director/Bureau of Investigation, Pb., Chg.31.01.2025
13Rohit Choudhary1988ADGP/PRISIONS31.03.2022
14Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota1988ADGP/RAILWAY31.08.2022
15Sanjeev Kumar Kalra1989ADGP/Welfare, Pb., Chg.28.02.2026
16Parag Jain1989On Central Deputation 31.12.2026
17Barjinder Kumar Uppal1991ADGP-cum-Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau, Pb., Chg.31.05.2022
18Balbir Kumar Bawa1991ADGP-cum-Comdt. Genl., Punjab Home Guards & Director, Civil Defence, Pb., Chg.31.08.2019
19Sharad Satya Chauhan 1992ADGP/Policy & Rules, Pb.,Chg.31.03.2028
20Harpreet Singh Sidhu1992ADGP/STF, Punjab, Chg. 31.05.2027
21Gaurav Yadav1992ADGP/Security, Pb., Chg.30.04.2029
22Kuldeep Singh1992ADGP/Armed Bns., Jalandhar.31.12.2026
23Rajinderpal Singh Brar1992ADGP/PSPCL, PTL. 31.05.2019
24Gurpreet Kaur Deo 1993IGP/Prov., Pb., Chg.31.01.2028
25Varinder Kumar1993IGP/Intelligence, Pb., Chg. 31.07.2025
26Ishwar Singh1993IGP/NRI Affairs & Women Welfare, Pb., S.A.S.Nagar.31.05.2026
27Jitendra Kumar Jain 1993IGP/CDO, Pb., BHG., Patiala.30.09.2028
28Satish Kumar Asthana1993IGP/Modernisation, Pb., Chg.31.05.2025
29Shashi Prabha Dwivedi 1993IGP/Crime, Pb, Chg.30.09.2026
30Rajendra Namdeo Dhoke1993IGP-cum-Commissioner of Police, Ludhiana.30.06.2025
31Arpit Shukla1993IGP/Zonal-2, Punjab, Jalandhar.30.04.2026
32Naresh Kumar Dr.1994IGP/ Intelligence, Pb,. Chg. 30.09.2026
33Ram Singh1994On Central Deputation 31.05.2029
34Sudhanshu S. Srivastava1994IGP-cum-Commissioner of Police, Amritsar.31.01.2029
35Praveen Kumar Sinha1994IGP-cum-Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar.31.05.2030
36B.Chandra Sekhar1994IGP/STF, Patiala Zone and Admn., Pb., Chg. 31.07.2025
37Amardeep Singh Rai1994IGP/Zonal-1, Pb., Patiala. 31.05.2028
38Neeraja Voruvuru 1994IGP/Personnel, Pb., Chg.30.04.2031
39Anita Punj 1994IGP/Training, Pb., Chg.31.05.2027
40Kapil Dev1995On Central Deputation 31.03.2032
41Pramod Ban1995IGP/STF, Jal. Zone Hqrs. at Chg.30.09.2028
42Mohd.Faiyaz Farooqui1995IGP/Crime, Pb., Chg.31.03.2027
43Amit Prasad1995IGP/CI, Pb., Chg.31.07.2028
44Gautam Cheema1995IGP/Law & Order-2, Pb., Chg.31.05.2031
45G. Nageswara Rao1995IGP-cum-Dir., Vig. Bureau, Pb., Chg.30.04.2027
46Paramraj Singh Umranangal1995IGP/Policy & Rules, Pb., Chg.31.12.2025
47Tejinder Pal Singh Sandhu1995IGP/IVC, Pb., Chg.31.12.2018
48Vibhu Raj 1996IGP/EOW, Crime, Pb., Chg.31.12.2027
49Rajiv Ahir1996On Central Deputation 31.03.2027
50Lakshmee Kant Yadav1996IGP/Crime, Pb., Chg.31.12.2028
51Pavan Kumar Rai1997On Central Deputation 31.10.2030
52Naunihal Singh1997IGP/Cyber Crime, Pb., SAS Nagar.30.09.2033
53Arun Pal Singh1997IGP/PAP, Jal. 30.04.2033
54Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal1997IGP/STF, Pb., Border Zone with Hqrs. at Chg.31.01.2030
55Nilabh Kishore1998On deputation in Indo Tibetan Border Police 28.02.2034
56Kunwar Vijay P. Singh1998IGP/ATS, Pb., Chg. 30.09.2029
57Shive Kumar Verma1998IGP/EOW, Vig. Bureau, Pb., Chg.31.10.2031
58Balkar Singh Sidhu1998IGP/STF, Bathinda Zone Hqrs. at Chg.31.03.2021
59Gurinder Singh Dhillon1998IGP/Law & Order-1, Pb., Chg.31.05.2024
60Mohnish Chawla1998IGP/Traffic, Pb., Chg.30.04.2025
61Surinderpal Singh Parmar1998IGP/Welfare, Pb., Chg.30.09.2026
62Amar Singh Chahal1998IGP/IRB, Pb., Patiala.31.12.2019
63Jatinder Singh Aulakh1998IGP/Hqrs., Pb., Chg.31.01.2023
64Mukhwinder Singh Chhina1998IGP/Bathinda Zone, Bathinda.31.12.2023
65Rakesh Agrawal1999IGP/C.M.Sec., Pb., Chg./SPU31.12.2035
66Jaskaran Singh1999DIG/Jalandhar Range, Jalandhar.30.04.2024
67Yurinder Singh1999DIG-cum-Joint Dir., MRS PPA, Phillaur.31.10.2021
68Rajinder Singh 1999DIG/Ferozepur Range, Ferozepur.31.03.2018
69Dinesh Pratap Singh2000On Central Deputation 29.02.2032
70Arun Kumar Mittal2000DIG/Training,CPO,Pb,Chg30.06.2022
71Kaustubh Sharma 2001On Central Deputation 31.03.2032
72Pradeep Kumar Yadav2002AIG/Admin./IT & T, Pb., Chg.30.06.2037
73Gursharan Singh Sandhu2002DIG/Ludhiana Range, Ludhiana31.07.2024
74Kanwar Bahadur Singh2002ADC to Governor of Punjab, Chg.31.08.2020
75Sukhchain Singh 31.12.2021
78Babu Lal Meena2004DIG/Ropar Range, Ropar. 30.06.2032
79Ranbir Singh Khatra2004DIG/Admn., IRB, Pb., PTL. 31.03.2021
80Tulsi Ram2004DIG/Admn., CPO, Pb., Chg. 31.03.2018
81Harsh Kumar Bansal2005On Central Deputation as Joint Deputy Director/ Intelligence Bureau, GOI, New Delhi.30.09.2038
82Dilbag Singh2005DIG/Training, Pb., Chg. 31.10.2017
83Baljot Singh Rathore2005DIG/Government Railways Police, Pb., Patiala 31.12.2026
84Gurpreet Singh Bhullar2005SSP/Jalandhar 31.10.2027
85Hardial Singh Mann2005AIG/State Crime Police Station & State Cyber Crime Police Station, SAS Nagar.31.08.2021
86Harbaj Singh2005AIG/Traffic, Pb., Chg.31.03.2022
87Gurpreet Singh Toor2005DIG31.05.2022
88Surjit Singh2005SSP/Ludhiana 28.02.2022
89Harjinder Singh2005Comdt., 9th Bn. PAP, Amritsar.31.10.2017
90Gurpreet Singh Gill2005Supdt./Central Jail, Kapurthala.31.08.2022
91Iqbal Singh2005AIG/Special Cell, Pb., Chg.30.11.2017
92Pawan Kumar2005Comdt./RTC, PAP, Jal.31.01.2019
93Dhanpreet Kaur 2006On Central Deputation Private Secy. to Hon'ble MOS for Social Justice and Empowerment, GOI, New Delhi. 30.04.2039
94Inderbir Singh2007AIG/Policy & Rules, Pb., Chg.31.07.2040
95S. Boopathi 2007SSP/Patiala.30.04.2036
96Amrit Brar 2007AIG/Commission, Crime, Pb., Chg.31.10.2019
97Harcharan Singh Bhullar2007SSP/Gurdaspur31.10.2027
98Sanmeet Kaur 2007AIG/Investigation, BOI, Pb., Chg.28.02.2041
99Jagadale Nilambari Vijay 2008SSP/U.T., Chandigarh.30.06.2041
100Ashish Kapoor1991VIB FLYING SQUAD 1 AIG31.05.2035

Punjab police in popular culture

Punjab police has been frequently portrayed in films. Some of the prominent ones are listed below:

Punjabi Films">Cinema of Punjab">Punjabi Films

, the first Home Minister of India praised Punjab Police saying,