The regal home of slain gang leader, Rupinder Gandhi, stands tall in the fields of Rasoolra village near Khanna. A national football player, he became a student leader in Panjab University and then the sarpanch of his village at 22. Inter-gang rivalry in Punjab is multiplying with new recruits eager to join the gangs of loot, extortion and murder. Patiala-based economist Sucha Singh Gill blames politicians of varied hues for creating their own gun-toting guards. Gun and gangster songs are there in abundance and sometimes on specific topics such as last year’s Nabha jailbreak.

Source: Hindustan Times November 25, 2017 03:31 UTC