100 youths to work as ‘police mitras’

The newly inducted police mitras

BHUBANESWAR: The commissionerate police on Sunday engaged 100 youths of different slums as “police mitra” (police friend) volunteers to help the administration keep slums free from crimes and drug smuggling.
The youths were selected from the slums under the Saheed Nagar, Mancheswar and Nayapalli police limits.
In an induction ceremony, commissioner of police (CP) Saumendra Priyadarshi and deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Uma Shankar Dash briefed the police mitras about their responsibilities.
Each of the police mitras has been given a uniform and an identity card.
“Our objective is to make our slums crime-free and prevent drug abuse at those places. The launch of the police mitra initiative is a step forward in serving this purpose. The police mitras can share vital information with us and help us to maintain peace in the slum areas,” Priyadarshi said.

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