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As portion of a Statewide crackdown connected cause maltreatment among youth, the Bengaluru City Police connected Wednesday conducted large-scale cause screening crossed acquisition institutions successful Vijayanagar Sub-Division nether the West Division, with 31 students investigating affirmative for substance abuse.
More than 1,200 students were subjected to urine illustration collection, of which 585 samples were randomly tested. Officials confirmed that 31 samples returned affirmative for cause consumption.
The constabulary said students who tested affirmative would beryllium provided counselling by intelligence wellness professionals and indispensable aesculapian support. Authorities assured that the identities and household details of those tested affirmative would beryllium kept strictly confidential.
The inspections were carried retired nether the “Sanmitra” initiative, a reformative programme introduced connected the directions of M.A. Saleem, Director General and Inspector General of Police, Karnataka, to physique a drug-free society.
The officials said that the “Sanmitra” inaugural adopts a compassionate and reformative approach, focusing connected guidance and rehabilitation alternatively than punitive action, with dedicated constabulary unit assigned to show and enactment individuals undergoing de-addiction.
The thrust led by Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Yatheesh N. conducted N-MASS (Narcotics Monitoring, Assistance and Screening System) checks connected Wednesday successful six acquisition institutions and 2 hostels aft obtaining consent and no-objection certificates from the respective managements. The cognition was carried retired with the enactment of doctors, technicians and unit from adjacent hospitals.
