Formation of village defence committees, the gram secretariats system and digital policing will play a key role in reducing crime rate and help promote goodwill and harmony among various communities, Superintendent of Police S. Senthil Kumar has said.
Launching the first phase of Village Defence Committees under Operation Samaikhya programme in 230 villages of Nagari, Satyavedu and GD Nellore Assembly constituencies at Puttur on Thursday, the SP said that along with the efforts of the official machinery to guard places of worship belonging to all communities, public cooperation was crucial to ensure foolproof protection. “Our investigation into some recent acts of vandalism at religious places showed that they were mostly the handiwork of miscreants and gangs involved in property offences,” Mr. Senthil Kumar said.
The SP said that thousands of villagers, including the elderly, youth and students, had approached the police expressing their readiness to join the village defence…