From quoting iconic Bollywood songs and dialogues to sharing memes, the Rajasthan Police is utilizing in style tradition as a software to lift consciousness amongst kids about on-line luring and faux social media profiles through the ongoing Valentine’s week.

The inventive messages, with a twist of humour, are being shared by the State police pressure on its official Facebook account and Twitter deal with to seize the eye of kids who may simply fall prey to scamsters.

The social media posts are additionally getting used to desist the youth from following gangsters on social media.

A tweet shared on ‘Chocolate Day’ (February 9) was the long-lasting poster from the blockbuster movie ‘3 Idiots’.

Captioned “jahapanah tussi great ho, chocolate kubool karo,” a famed dialogue from the movie, it alerted folks to steer clear of “digital chocolate” and undertake cyber security to make sure “all is well” — a catchphrase of one of many lead protagonists in addition to successful music from the 2009 film.

Warning folks in opposition to sharing their OTPs with anybody, a put up on ‘Rose Day’ (February 7) had the picture of a WhatsApp inbox with two folks chatting about how one in every of them misplaced all financial savings as a consequence of an internet rip-off.

A caption on the backside of the picture learn, “roz roz tum jo sanam aisa karoge, paise lut jayenge to aahen bharoge (If you keep on doing this, you will lose all your money)” — a parody of a music from the 1996 Bollywood blockbuster “Saajan Chale Sasural”.

And for ladies, Police got here up with a inventive message to warning them about how pretend profiles on social media can hurt them.

“Kal aaj aur kal, kabhi bhi aa sakta hai fake proposal,” the put up learn.

Additional Director General (Technical Services) Sunil Dutt mentioned the plans of cyber criminals could be thwarted if there’s consciousness among the many plenty.

And linking Valentine’s week with cyber crime is an effort in that course, he mentioned.

Though it’s a long-term marketing campaign of Rajasthan Police to make folks aware of cyber crimes, we picked Valentine’s week to succeed in out to kids, Mr. Dutt mentioned.

Talking in regards to the pressure’s newest put up shared on ‘Promise Day’ on Saturday, the officer mentioned a poster from the cult movie ‘Gangs Of Wasseypur’ has been used to desist folks from getting influenced by gangsters by social media posts.

“Hazrat, hazrat, hazrat, aaj ka pakka promise, na gansgters ko karenge follow na kisi ko karne denge (let’s promise not to follow gangsters and discourage others from doing so),” learn the caption accompanying the poster depicting actor Manoj Bajpayee.

According to officers, the social media staff of the Rajasthan Police has been fairly energetic for a while now and comparable inventive campaigns have been launched sometimes during the last one-and-a-half years.

Film songs, poetry, punchlines, and dialogues from in style Hindi motion pictures are getting used within the campaigns, they mentioned.

Interesting messages are simply understood by the widespread man. Earlier, on events like Holi, and New Year’s Eve, such campaigns had been launched and proved to be very talked-about, the officer mentioned.

Meanwhile, folks too are appreciating the revolutionary initiative albeit with some ideas.

“It is a humble request to put a ban on all kinds of songs and events that promote gun culture. Also, instructions should be given to You Tube and Instagram to not encourage them,” tweeted Dharm Bainada.

Another social media consumer, Vishwadeep mentioned, “Rajasthan Police is doing a great job to reform youngsters who have deviated from the path of goodness. I would like to thank the officers running this campaign and also the entire Police department.”