Haryana Director General of Police O.P. Singh has burdened strict authorized motion towards singers selling gun tradition among the many youth, saying that they need to be handled as “criminals”.
Mr. Singh made the remarks in a letter to his subordinates on Sunday (November 23, 2025) to congratulate them on the success of “Operation Trackdown”, a particular marketing campaign to trace down criminals, being carried out for the previous 18 days within the State.
“Singers who promote gang lifestyles to youth through music and videos, driven by money and power, should be treated as criminals and strict legal action should be taken against them,” Mr. Singh wrote, including that these individuals, in a matter of minutes, make the youth overlook the teachings of their mother and father and lecturers and the self-discipline of society.
Praising the police pressure, Mr. Singh stated they’d foiled greater than sixty homicide plots through the marketing campaign, which, he stated, was a “historic achievement”. “You must dismantle their entire criminal ecosystem. Continue to take legal action against those who handle their illegal income, supply weapons, provide hiding places and create a favourable publicity on social media and among the general public,” stated Mr. Singh.
The police have recovered greater than 250 country-made pistols, revolvers and pistols and 350 reside cartridges from greater than 1,500 criminals, stated Mr. Singh.
Earlier this 12 months, the Haryana Police had taken down about 10 songs allegedly selling gun tradition from varied social media platforms, and at the very least two live shows, together with one in Gurugram, have been halted halfway. Six of the ten banned songs have been sung by Masoom Sharma, a outstanding Haryanvi singer.
However, a number of artists from the music trade had accused the police of “picking and choosing” to focus on a couple of singers. The difficulty had additionally resonated within the State Assembly through the Budget session in February with legislators searching for a lenient view of the matter.