Bilaspur police’s Nijaat drive gets celebrity flag-bearers

RAIPUR: Celebrities from television, film industry and the state have joined the ‘Nijaat’ campaign of Bilaspur police, aimed at sensitizing youths against addiction. Through video clippings, these celebrities are seen making an appeal to the youths of Chhattisgarh to refrain from addiction.
Bilaspur police has launched a campaign against drugs, narcotics and illegal drugs, which includes strict action and extensive public awareness programmes along with providing help to get rid of addiction.
Celebrities like Prabhu Deva, Arbaaz Khan, Rajpal Yadav, Piyush Mishra, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kailash Kher, Virendra Saxena, Sunil Grover, Bhagwan Tiwari, Shahwar Ali, Yash Ajay Singh, Paritosh Tripathi and Manmohan Tiwari among others have released videos with an appeal for youths to stay away from drugs.
Chhattisgarh’s Padma Shri recipient Anuj Sharma, Padma Vibhushan recipient Teejan Bai, Rakesh Sharma, Mona Sen, folk singer Mamta Chandrakar, Dilip Shadangi, Sunil Tiwari, Anchal Sharma, Zakir Hussain, Gopal Singh, Yogesh Agrawal, Prakash Awasthi and many others have also joined hands to make the campaign successful.
So far, 505 programmes have been organised in schools, colleges and public places under the campaign, starting from the month of February. Nijaat Rath with anti-drug jingles has become an important part of t in rural areas.
Under the campaign, 1303 people have been arrested under the Excise and NDPS Act in two months, out of which 228 accused were sent to jail in non-bailable cases. Along with this, de-addiction cells are being set up in ten police stations of the district for monitoring drug addicts.