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‘Action against those propagating falsehood through social media’
Countering claims that sought to link the Mobile Beat (M-beat) system under the Janamaithri community policing scheme with the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the Kerala Police have issued a clarification that the initiative is aimed at assessing living conditions and review accessibility to various welfare schemes.
In a statement, Crime Branch head Additional Director General of Police S. Sreejith, who is the State-level nodal officer of the Janamaithri Suraksha Project, warned of strict action against those who indulge in propagating falsehood, especially on the social media.
He stated that the M-beat project was intended to take stock of the social, economic and educational status of each section to ensure the effective delivery of various services. The data collected would be taken up for discussion at Janamaithri committees to plug inadequacies. He said that personal details would not be soli