Port Blair, July 03: A&N Police has been organizing number of awareness programmes involving general public including school children and women all over Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
On 2nd & 3rd July, a series of awareness programmes were held in South Andaman District as a part of the Digital India Week celebrations.
The main objective of the camps was to create awareness among the school children and general public about preventive measures to taken against cyber crimes.
In Senior Secondary School, Havelock about 200 students and teachers attended these programmes. Shri B. Saigal, SDPO Havelock addressed the gathering and explained in details the provision of aforesaid law and ongoing ATM fraud etc. On this occasion, Smti. Anand Kumari, Principal, Senior Secondary School, Havelock also addressed the children and explained about the steps being taken by police for the safety and security of the people of these Islands and appealed the students to educate their parents so that they do not fall victim to these crimes.
Another programme on the same subjects was held at Panchayat Bhawan, Havelock where more than 100 people including PRI members participated in the programme. On this occasion, apart from Dy.SP Havelock, Pradhan, Gram Panchayat, Govind Nagar and Smti. Abala Samaddar, Zilla Parishad Member also addressed the gathering. The speakers appealed to the PRI members and Social workers to conduct meetings in their respective wards/area to educate the public.
Similar type of awareness programmes were also organised by Shri MA Naushad, SDPO/Bambooflat Sub-division, in the Govt. Schools at Bambooflat, Manglutan and Ograbraj. Police officers from Police Stations Bambooflat, Ograbraj and Humfrigunj gave lectures among students, teachers on cyber crimes. Further Fishermen Watch Group, Senior Citizen Committees and PRI members were sensitized on various types of cyber-crimes, chit fund scams and ATM frauds and they were cautioned to take utmost precautions and refrain from disclosing their ATM numbers on mobiles to anybody. It was emphasis that no bank or public financial institution ever asks these details from any customer/client over phone or internet.
In South Andaman Sub-division, Shri Mohd. Aslam, SDPO South Andaman organised similar awareness programmes at various schools in Municipal areas as well as in the jurisdiction of PS Pahargaon through lectures by SHOs and women police officers. Awareness was also spread among the general public through announcements in the moving vehicle in the Sub-division, cautioning public not to disclose ATM/secret numbers on mobile to anybody.
The general public including school children appreciated the positive steps taken by the A&N Police to sensitize the general public and school children
