Hoshiarpur, March 3 -- Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Sunday asserted that gangsters, smugglers, criminals and other anti-social elements have no place in the state and will soon be wiped out.

Addressing a gathering during the passing out parade of 2,490 (1,992 males, 498 females) newly recruited Punjab police constables here, the CM said that the government had started a decisive war against drugs and anti-social elements.

"The state government has now started a 'crusade' to weed out these anti-national elements. Punjab is at a historic juncture. As a part of a zero-tolerance policy against drugs, the state will be made completely drug-free with active support and cooperation of the public," Mann said at the Police Recruits Training C...