More than 84,500 complaints have been lodged against Punjab Police in just the first seven months of this year. That is nearly 400 grievances every single day - a number that would be staggering to anyone unfamiliar with the force's reputation for seamlessly blending violence, corruption and ineptitude.

The complaints read like a catalog of institutional failure. Nearly 39,000 people accused the police of flat-out refusing to register their cases - keeping the crime rate low is easy if you don't register........

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