Summary:
Other members of committee are SP (City), circle officers, SHOs and SP (crime). The members could be teachers, principals, retired army and police personnel, local reporters and religious leaders among others.A committee under the chairmanship of SSP will be formed in each district for selection of digital volunteers. The SHO and circle officer of an area will be the group administrators. Members of the district media cell will also be part of the group, sources said.The digital volunteers will also keep a tab on suspicious people staying at hotels and lodges, eve-teasers outside schools, colleges and educational institutes. The rumours have led to clashes and even deaths of many innocent persons,” the DGP office said in a circular.Sources told TOI digital volunteers would be entrusted with the job of circulating correct facts against rumours on social media or fake news, besides informing local cops about the same.Under the state-wide initiative, each police station will have 250 such members on a WhatsApp group..