UP Police, Meta agreement saves two lives in a week in state

An agreement signed between Meta Facebooks parent company and Uttar Pradesh Police has helped save two peoples lives in the state in a span of less than a week police here saidOne of them was a college student in the Ambedkarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh who late Friday night said she was going to commit suicide in an Instagram post posting pictures of pills she was going to pop upThe other occurred in Ghaziabad on January 31 when a man as he prepared to hang himself from a ceiling fan beamed a live telecast of the act on InstagramIn both cases the tech giant managed to scupper their attempts by alerting in time the local police who then traced the two people and stopped them from committing suicideUnder the prevailing agreement between Uttar Pradesh Police and Facebook from March 2022 if any person posts something related to suicide or selfharm on Facebook or Instagram then Meta Hqs USA immediately sends an alert to the social media centre of PHQ UP Police through phone and email Rahul SrivastavAdditional Superintendent of Police ATSIncharge of Social Media Centre of UP Police told PTI on Sunday He added that more than 10 lives have been saved so farIn Ambedkarnagar incident Meta sent an alert to the Social Media Centre of UP Police at 1137 pm with her details after which police reached the womans place in 15 minutes thwarted her pursuit and took her family into confidence Srivastav said On the directions of Additional Director General Law and Order Prashant Kumar Superintendent of Police of Ambedkarnagar Ajit Kumar Sinha has deputed a female officer Rukmani Verma to counsel the girlAlso read Yogi hails UPs anticonversion law says do away with caste regional discrimination for nations progressIn the Ghaziabad incident after receiving an alert from the Social Media Centre of UP Police Vijayanagar Police Station Inspector Anita Chauhan reached the spot within 13 minutes and prevented the man from killing himself The man was depressed after losing 90000 in a business The Ghaziabad Police counselled the youth and also spoke to his familyUP Police is making diverse use of social media for the cause of public service offering a bouquet of online services We have a dedicated and welltrained team of more than 500 police personnel who work roundtheclock to render any kind of assistance he saidSrivastav said Considering the sensitivity of the issue we are coming up with a detailed SOP for such cases in which there shall be a provision for sustained followup and counselling by professional counsellors of Unicef We also sensitise the districtlevel officers to regularly keep in touch with the victim and ensure all possible helpThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever