Applicants from other states
The police received 1,606 applications from residents of Chandigarh and 19 joined the force. While one candidate from Rajasthan was selected, two hailed from Himachal Pradesh, three from Uttar Pradesh and one from Rajasthan. A large number of candidates from Kerala (27) failed to qualify the tests. None of the 335 candidates from Delhi and 36 from Bihar were selected.

Are drugs killing Punjab?

The top brass admit...
Yes, male applicants from Punjab have been repeatedly failing to qualify the recruitment tests and the state of Haryana is increasingly dominating all recruitments. But on the bright side, women aspirants from Punjab have been clearing the tests
S K Jain
Inspector General of Police

We have noticed this trend slowly creeping in over the years in Chandigarh Police. While widespread use of drugs by youths in Punjab is one reason, various other complex socio-economic factors are also responsible for the less number of applicants from Punjab. Most Punjabis have a craze for going abroad and, thus, find other lucrative jobs
Gaurav Yadav
DIG (Intelligence)
Punjab and former SSP UT Chandigarh

According to a survey by the Punjab Government, 66 per cent of school-going students in the state consume gutkha or tobacco and seven of every 10 college students consume drugs. The survey indicates that there is at least one drug addict in nearly 65 per cent of the families in Majha, Doaba and Malwa areas.