Gujarat government resolves to take strict measures against mob lynching

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani called for an immediate conference of all the officials of home and police department on Thursday showing concern over incidents like mob lynching. Since the issue has raised national concern, Gujarat government has decided to take strict action against those who indulge in mob lynching incidents. The CM asked all the officials to keep watch on every incident that invokes mob lynching.

Pradipsinh Jadeja, the Minister of State for Home, addressed media persons after the conference. He said, "This state government has resolved to take stringent most actions against those who indulge into mob lynching. We are going to make sure that no such incident occurs in the future by controlling the causes of the same."

"It is necessary to keep a watch on fake messages that get circulated on social media and lead to misunderstandings. The government is also going to recruit more than 5,600 personnel in the state's police force and establish four new cyber police stations to control cyber crimes," Jadeja added.

The Gujarat government is also preparing to purchase equipment to check the veracity of videos being circulated on social media. The state government has been giving special training to cops related to social media and new technology too.

The CM's office is also now connected to over 650 police stations across the state through the e-dashboard system. The CM can now see all activities in the police station including assessing the records of crime. All the police vehicles also will be now equipped with a global positioning system (GPS) and those again will be connected to an e-dashboard, so that the CM can trace the movement of these vehicles.

The state government has also decided to install CCTV cameras in different cities and towns at the expense of Rs 300 crore. Moreover, the police will use drone and anti-drone systems to keep watch on movements at public places.

A senior official in the state government said, "The conference also focused on the issues related to tackling the agitations by the different groups in the state. The CM has asked all the police officials to see that police actions to quell mobs are not so harsh that it hurts someone. He has directed all officials to respect the sentiments of people and try to placate them with a soft approach."

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