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Kerala to place Toofan mentors in every police station
Kerala plans to have a trained Toofan Mentor in every police station.
These officers will help with situations involving drug use and recovery.
More than 400 officers attended a special training programme.
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said the officers received scientific training.
He said the programme aims to help protect young people from drug addiction.
He also said the second phase of Operation Toofan had started in local panchayats.
Singer Yesudas contributed a song to the campaign’s theme album.
Swami Amritaswaroopananda Puri also spoke in support of the initiative.
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala said every police station in Kerala would have a Toofan Mentor for drug rehabilitation and intervention.
More than 400 police officers from stations across the state took part in the Toofan Mentor training programme.
Chennithala said officers selected for the initiative had received scientific training.
He said the second phase of Operation Toofan had begun at the panchayat level.
The minister described drug addiction as a major social problem and called on police to work honestly and help protect young people.
- Who
- Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala and more than 400 police officers participating in the Toofan Mentor training programme.
- What
- The state plans to place Toofan Mentors in every police station to address drug intervention and rehabilitation.
- Where
- Kochi, Kerala.
- When
- The announcement was made on Thursday, October 8; the year is not stated.
- Why
- The initiative is intended to address drug use and help protect young people from addiction.
Key facts
- Planned coverage
- Toofan Mentors in every police station in Kerala
- Training participants
- More than 400 police officers
- Training programme
- Toofan Mentor-Amrita
- Programme focus
- Drug intervention and rehabilitation
- Operation Toofan phase
- The second phase had started at the panchayat level
- Campaign song
- Yesudas sang a song for the anti-drug theme album, Toofan ki Awaaz
- Dateline
- Kochi, October 8; year not specified
Quotes
Swami Amritaswaroopananda Puri
A spiritual leader who commented on Operation Toofan.
“Operation Toofan is an initiative that has ignited the all-out destruction of drugs that are coming into our midst to destroy the country without guns or bombs.”
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“The mission of the ‘Toofan Mentor’ police is the moral responsibility to save the coming generation from drug addiction.”
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