Amritsar, Jan. 6 -- Punjab police on Monday identified the attackers involved in the recent assassination of a village sarpanch. Addressing the rise in contract killings, Additional Director General of Police Pramod Ban highlighted that a small group of fugitives living abroad on fraudulent documents is actively disrupting the state's peace by involving local youth to commit grave crimes.

"Around 40 to 50 individuals who fled the country using fake identities are now manipulating our young generation for their selfish interests; we are committed to dismantling these hostile networks and stopping this cycle," the ADGP said.

Meanwhile, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal has strongly condemned the killing of Sarpanch J...