Op Hard Ball exposes India’s prison failures

The most disturbing lesson is that Indian gangs continue to function from inside prisons.

Yashovardhan Jha Azad

Updated At : 06:52 AM Jul 18, 2026 IST

Digital: Indian organised gangs are no longer confined by geography or prison walls. Reuters

THE arrest of 24 suspects across the US, Canada and Spain and the indictment of 37 alleged members of crime syndicates run by Indians under Operation Hard Ball is not just another police success.

THE TRIBUNE, India’s oldest, daily English-language newspaper, was first published on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan), and save for 40 days in the immediate aftermath of Partition, has come out every day over the last 145 years. THE TRIBUNE was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist of the time. The newspaper is run by a five-member Trust, which is chaired by Shri N N Vohra, former Governor of J&K State (2008-2018); as well as Justice S S Sodhi, former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court; Shri Gurbachan Jagat, former Governor of Manipur; Lt Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta, former Western Army Commander; Shri Paramjit Singh Patwalia, Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court.

THE TRIBUNE is free, objective, and independent. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language, are the hallmarks of the paper.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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Op Hard Ball exposes India’s prison failures

The most disturbing lesson is that Indian gangs continue to function from inside prisons.

Yashovardhan Jha Azad

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