In Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, taking cognizance of a viral video in which a government official was forced to burn paddy straw by a mob, ordered registration of FIR against the perpetrators of this heinous crime. In a statement issued on Saturday (4th November 2023), he condemned the incident as an inhuman crime against the people of state and said that the government can't be mute spectator to this heinous incident and allow the anarchy to prevail.<br />'' <br />'' The government official had gone to fields to disseminate the message of not burning the paddy straw but the mobsters forced him to lit the straw with matchstick which is intolerable, he added further. He said that he had asked the Police to identify all the mobsters involved in this act and book them for this misdeed.<br />'' <br />''Chief Minister said that this type of chaos and sin will not be tolerated at any cost and severest of severe action will be taken as per law of land.  He said that the state government will not allow any insensitive person to play havoc with the lives of children by polluting the environment.