The police officials in Balrampur have reportedly initiated an awareness campaign to combat incidents of mob violence. According to a police source, teams comprising of female officials are meeting people in villages of Balrampur district in order to make them aware about the ill-effects of spreading rumours that leads to mob violence.

 "There have been incidents of mob violence in some parts of the state due to rumours on child lifting. We have received instructions from higher officials to conduct an awareness campaign regarding this,” SP Balrampur Dev Ranjan Verma told ANI.