Palghar lynching Police launch drive to win trust of villagers

    Palghar, Jun 22 (PTI) In the wake of lynching of three
persons in Gadchinchale village in Maharashtra's Palghar in
April and subsequent arrest of many villagers, police are now
trying to build rapport with tribal residents in the district.
    Deputy superintendent of police, Dahanu, Mandar
Dharmadhikari on Monday said the "Vishwas Abhiyan" or drive
has been yielding positive results.
    "It has helped in reducing complaints against the
police. The concepts of 'Police Mitra' and 'Dakshata Samiti'
have also helped to a largeextent. In many cases, women are
confiding in the 'police mitras' (friends of police)," he said
while addressing a workshop of Shramjeevi Sanghatna.
    Two sadhus and their driver were lynched by a mob in
Gadchinchale village in Dahanu taluka when the trio were
travelling in a car to Surat on April 16 on suspicion of being
thieves cum child-lifters in the presence of police personnel,
who were outnumbered.
    The probe was later handed over to the state Crime
Investigation Department (CID).
    The government had also replaced then superintendent
of police Gaurav Singh with Dattatreya Shinde, who has
launched the 'Vishwas Abhiyan'.
    Talking about the drive, Dharmadhikari said several
youths have volunteered to assist the police and have started
informing about law and order issues in the village.
    He said in-charges of police stations as well as
senior officers keep communicating with villagers by visiting
the village to win their trust. PTI CORR
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