chennai if livingin is on the rise in the city so are the disputes between cohabitating partners who are increasingly knocking on the doors of the cops with their grievances commissioner of police t rajendran said on wednesdayaccording to him tiff between such partners as well as spouses formed a bulk of the complaints the city police received each day easy access to new relationships due to advancing techonology he said was primary responsible for discord among partners even in lower middle class familieswe refuse to register fir when people approach us with such complaints in most cases misunderstanding is the cause of the rift and we engage counsellors to talk to them we are able to save a lot of relationship through counselling rajendran said he was talking to reporters on the sidelines of a 12day training programme for 15 counsellors conducted jointly by the city police and social welfare departmenthe said the changing lifestyle of chennaiites had contributed to the increase in the cases of family disputes apart from discord between couples cases of disputes between siblings parents and their children and between couples and their inlaws were also prevalent he said even homosexual partners the commissioner said had started approaching the police for redressal of their grievancesfrom the day i took over as commissioner of police i have been giving importance to counselling it is not right to register an fir for disputes within family members i recall a case where a young north indian woman was on the verge of wrecking her family because of a misunderstanding she had with her husband when our counsellors sat with them she realised her mistake and was happy to continue living with her husband counsellors make the work of the police easier and hence we are going to give them professional training rajendran saidthe 15 selected members of family counselling centres will undergo training for the next 12 days at greenways road a private organisation 4m will train them