Rajasthan Police Setting Up Counselling Cells to Assist Young People “Misled” By Gangster Social Media Posts

GG News Bureau

Jaipur, 29th Dec. The Rajasthan Police is establishing counselling cells in districts to assist young people who have been influenced by gangsters’ social media posts and to prevent them from falling into their trap.

Umesh Mishra, the Director General of Police (DGP) of Rajasthan, has issued orders in this regard.

The cyber cells working in districts are taking the necessary legal action against criminals active on social media sites, he said.

“Newly established counselling cells in districts have been formed to keep youngsters away from such criminals, to monitor social media sites and to bring misguided youngsters who get influenced by criminals and gangsters active in districts in the right direction,” Mishra said.

Counseling cells are being established in the offices of the superintendents of police in each district.

Misguided youth will be counseled based on data provided by the social media cell, according to a statement from the DGP.

Mishra stated that nodal officers for the counselling cells will be additional superintendents of police.

Members of the counselling cells will include senior female police officers, social media cell in-charges, psychiatrists, psychologists, or senior medical personnel at the district level, according to the statement.

According to Additional Director General of Police (Crime) Ravi Prakash Mehrada, gangsters of all kinds use social media to portray themselves in a “Robin Hood style” and share photos and videos.

Some youngsters get influenced and become their followers, and gradually move towards the world of crime, he said.  The glorification of miscreants on social media has become a challenge for the police and due to this, it has become necessary to strengthen cyber and social media cells at the district level, he said.

Mehrada said a state-level four-month special campaign will be launched from January 1 to make people aware of the matter. It will be monitored by superintendents of police and inspector generals of police at the range level, he said.