Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on October 3 that the state proposes to advertise 10,000 additional police posts in the coming financial year. PTI’s report, published by Business Standard that evening, places the announcement at a meeting with police officers at the academy in Phillaur.
Mann’s own October 3 post on X confirms the meeting and the intended recruitment. He linked police expansion and modern equipment to the state’s campaign against drug trafficking. The announcement describes a future staffing plan, rather than completed appointments.
PTI separately reports that 450 assistant sub-inspectors are being recruited and about 3,400 recruits are undergoing training. Those figures describe other stages of recruitment and should not be treated as part of 10,000 new appointments already made. The reported announcement does not provide an application window or detailed eligibility conditions.