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“The volunteers would give inputs to their nearest police station about any unrest in the area and would also be uploading videos against fake viral posts,” said Singh. LUCKNOW: In order to curb and restrain spread of false news rumours leading to communal disturbance UP police have decided to make digital volunteers at each police station level.School teachers, principals, retired servicemen, local journalists, ex/serving legislators, ex/serving gram pradhans, ex/serving BDC members, student leaders, Ashab Bahus, doctors, advocates, priests/maulvis and any important person of the area/locality can be a digital volunteer.UP Police have uploaded a digital volunteer form on www.uppolice.gov in which can be filled and submitted on the website to become a part of these WhatsApp groups.UP DGP OP Singh said that the move has been initiated to help in countering fabricated stories on social media which create turbulence in the society..