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Mysuru: A bunch of probationers at the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) on Monday turned crusaders of human rights and played villagers, police, teachers, farmers and animals in plays to create awareness in Mysuru.On World Human Rights Day, trainee officers of the 174th and 175th batch, including probationary deputy superintendents of police, assistant superintendents of prisons, veterinary officers and state accounts officers, focused on respecting rights of humans. Bringing technological intervention in the system can cut down corruption, he added.He said the State Human Rights Commission often receives complaints from the public about police who should be civil and work under the ambit of law. Many inmates are transferred to distant prisons just because they don’t oblige officers.He also lamented the lack of knowledge about the Constitution of India and human rights among many rural youngsters. The state does not have a human rights court and district courts can take up these cases but it’s yet to be incorporated, he added.The ATI director general Kapil Mohan was also present at the event. He doesn’t want to send his daughter to school, saying no one in his family ever went to school..