The Punjab Police lockups are the most vulnerable in the country with highest number of accused fleeing from the state police stations in 2020, as per the NCRB report released.

The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which compiles and analyses crime data of all states for every year, has also ranked Punjab number one in booking cops for their negligence, leading to the escape. Thirty-one accused broke free from the police lockups in Punjab, followed by 22 in Gujarat and 14 in Madhya Pradesh in 2020.

The state ranked third on the list of total number of escapees, both from inside and outside the lockup.