India, Feb. 10 -- Chandigarh

On the first day of "Operation Prahar-2", a drive against wanted criminals, the Punjab Police conducted statewide raids on Monday and arrested over 1,200 persons, an official said.

The police conducted 2,760 raids at locations linked to wanted criminals, the police officer said.

Further intensifying the ongoing "Gangstran Te Vaar" (war on gangsters) campaign, on February 8, Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav launched a 72-hour-long "Operation Prahaar-2", focused on nabbing wanted criminals.

Senior officers from Punjab Police headquarters have visited different police districts to lead the operation.

Sharing details of the first day of the operation, special DGP (law and order) Arpit Shukla sai...