Guest column | Singham’s wake-up call for Chandigarh Police

Chandigarh Police prioritize traffic challans over investigating daylight shootings, including in Sector 11 where a cashier was shot 13 bullets near a police chowki.

A home invasion FIR took 15 days to register despite CCTV evidence, and the investigation stalled for nearly a year until the Punjab and Haryana High Court intervened.

Police refused to file an FIR for a missing 21-year-old woman, recording a DDR instead; a phone trace found her within days only after persistent follow-ups.

Minors alleging physical and sexual assault at a sports academy waited six weeks for an FIR; police violated the POCSO Act by recording statements at a police post.

Senior officers remained unaccountable, with the department branding a victim a 'habitual complainant' instead of addressing failures.