Chennai, June 24 -- In a significant step to ensure effective redressal and enhance public access to policing services, the Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) and Head of Police Force has ordered that every Wednesday and Saturday between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm shall be observed as "Public Grievance Day" across the State.

According to an official press note issued by the Office of the Director General of Police Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal on June 23, the initiative has been introduced "to ensure effective redressal of public grievances and enhance public accessibility to the Police," in view of the large number of complaints being received at police stations on a daily basis, including cases of money cheating, financial frauds, exorbitan...