Punjab: As govt pushes for PCOCA, question mark over policing
(WorldNews India)

With 121 people dying after consuming spurious liquor in three districts of Punjab, the state government and the state police have started making case for the Punjab Control of Organised Crime Act (PCOCA), the proposed law that was earlier put on the backburner. Human rights activists had expressed their reservation against PCOCA when it was discussed in 2017 and 2019. However, the state government, now has found a reason in the hooch tragedy to start a fresh debate over PCOCA. Last week, as Advocate General Atul Nanda`s suggested that PCOCA was needed to combat organised crime such as illicit liquor smuggling, several ministers concurred and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh directed a Cabinet...