A political controversy erupted in Punjab on Tuesday after BJP Rajya Sabha MP Harbhajan Singh shared a viral video on social media, claiming it showed the state’s worsening “zombie drug” crisis only for Punjab Police to step in and clarify that the footage had nothing to do with Punjab at all.
Police call out the claim
Writing in Punjabi to connect with audiences in the state, Singh said “the evil eye has struck, my friend, on our Punjab,” and alleged that successive governments had “ruined Punjab and its Punjabi youth. He called on people to “save Punjab” from the spiralling drug menace. Taking to X, the force said the footage was actually from Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan and had “no connection whatsoever” with Punjab Police.
As the video gained traction online, Punjab Police stepped in to authenticate its origin and found it had been shot far away from Punjab. The issue remains a politically sensitive one in the state, with parties routinely trading blame over the government’s handling of the crisis — as this latest controversy over the viral video has once again demonstrated.
