Crime everywhere

Not a single day passes without a crime somewhere. Morning news papers welcome you with the bold headlines of a crime incident. 

• A suicide bomber explodes a bomb in the heart of the city. Remnants of human organs spilled all over.
• A Mangal Sutra of a working woman was snatched away by a miscreant.
• An apartment was burgled in the broad daylight.
• E mail luring hefty amount of American dollars.
• Morphed photos of girls in Face book.
• Land grabbers on the prowl.

They are but a few examples which mirror the present status of crime scenario. 

Crimes of different kinds in 2012.

According to a report published by National crime records Bureau for the year 2012, there were 34000 murders, 35000 murder attempts , 25000 atrocities of different kinds and 27000 thefts in India. This speaks volumes about the law and order situation in India.

Self preservation should be watchword.

Simply by being cautious without complacency a law abiding commoner should protect himself. Whenever there are incidents of this kind, don’t dismiss them with a complacent attitude, ’Oh, they happened to somebody else’. Know that tomorrow it may be your turn. Try to locate the loose ends in the system. One should study in what conditions one should be extra cautious. As far as possible criminal mind should be understood. 

As an example, today Rail travelers mostly use chains to fasten their luggage to their seats. How it has come in to practice? People learned lessons from such frequent incidents. In the same lines one should give top preference for self preservation 

Beware of Cyber Monster.

Cyber crimes are the new entrants in to the land of crimes. With the advent of Social networking sites where there is a ‘Free for all’ milieu is very much there, cyber crimes have become so rampant that the Law and order departments had to open a separate branch to deal with cyber crimes. 

Sanjay (real names withheld) works in a private organization in  Mumbai. He has a reputation for his hard work and efficiency. He was recently married to Rajani, a well behaved girl. She has observed for the last two weeks, there were some obscene photos in the account of Sanjay’s Face Book. His colleagues in the office started looking at him with suspicion. Sanjay received some warnings from his Head office too. Rajani insisted on going back to her parents’ home.

With this Sanjay faced a crisis. Poor Sanjay’s pleas that he was innocent were not cared nor believed. At this juncture Sanjay complained the matter to the Cyber Police. On investigation, it was revealed that an anonymous hacker, a student from Hyderabad was doing the mischief.

Now, the cyber space is being used for a plethora of immoral and illegal activities by hackers. The main players are from Corporate circles and political circles. Destruction of Data base and statistics are but a few immoral activities which are rampant in the Cyber World.

The state of Andhra Pradesh  tops the list in Cyber hacking in the country. According to National Crime Records Bureau, all the hackers are between  the age 18-35. And they are from good families.

Why this criminal indulgence ?

There are many reasons. Some of them are, greed for money, sadism, sexual harassment and to damage the rival's prestige. With the increase in cyber crimes, year by year law administration is in a state of deep crisis.

Only solution to solve Cyber crimes

1. Without looking towards others help, start helping yourself.
2. Use your own computer for all your web activities.
3. Date of birth, surname,family details and any other personal information should never be disclosed.
4. Change password often.
5. Never enter an unknown website.
6. Do not respond to the mails or friendship requests from strangers and unknown people.
7. Never publish personal photos on the sites.

In short, " Be vigilant" should be your watch word.

Crimes in the Urban regions.

He is a retired employee. Long ago,25 years ago, he bought a site of 500 square yards, in the suburbs of Hyderabad. He built a small house in his site. Over a period, the Real boom escalated the prices of the land. The site owned by the employee has become a prime land resulting in an extraordinary escalation in its price.

A Real estate businessman's eyes fallen on the site owned by the retired employee. It started with offering a price to the site. Then threatenings. Then sending the masked goons and looting the belongings of the poor retired employee. Amidst these dreary conditions, everyday has become a nightmare for the old man. His grown up children were living in far away countries. Wife's health is in bad shape. That's why he could not dare even to lodge a police complaint.

Today there are many such people in the urban areas, where the Mafia activities are rising in number Now urban areas are becoming havens for social and economic crimes. Anti social elements and Mafias are growing with a menacing speed.

There is no guarantee of children reaching home safely after school hours. The condition is still worst in the case of women. Gone are the days when Senior citizens used to spend a calm and serene life in the evening of their lives. Being alone, after completing  their life’s responsibilities has become a curse today in the urban areas. They live in a state of uncertainty and fear because nobody knows when they will be attacked by antisocial elements.

Instances of attacks on lonely senior citizens are growing in number. 

A man knocks on the door in the guise of an electrical depart man, enters the home with the pretext of noting the electric meter and creates ruckus. And there are incidents of murders too.

Figures speak

The fact that more than 500000 cases of home attacks were recorded in  fifty cities speaks the condition existing in the country.

Economic offences in urban areas shot up to 6.5 percent compared to previous years.

Vehicle thefts and cheating cases marked an alarming growth.

What is the way out?

There is an immediate necessity of establishing close relations through Colony Associations and Apartment Associations. This way of social life will remove that fear of insecurity. When it becomes necessary to leave the old people and children on an urgent job, fixing C.C Cameras will help.

Other cases like chit funds, buying immovable property, Retail chain stores, its always advisable to take reliable advises from the experts.

Beware of those predators.

This species is present everywhere. In public places. In offices, in the queue lines. 

Vijji was on cloud nine when she received an offer as a programmer in a prestigious IT firm. On an auspicious day Vijji submitted her joining report in her IT firm. All  received her well. Taught the office procedures, Seniors in the computer lab took personal care and taught Vijji the intricacies of her day to day work. The Boss gave her a red carpet treatment. But, Vijji did not fail to see those subtle sinister intentions of the Boss

In time the intentions of the Boss were clearly known to Vijji. She reported to her superiors without any result. With this the Boss tried all the tricks to prove Vijji is inefficient. Vijji did not find solution to deal with the problem but tendering a resignation.

Sexual harassment in the office.

This evil is taking an ugly shape day by day in the work area. Crossing the limits of decency, things are turning in to ugly shape. 

Stalking, staring unabashedly with dirty intentions are on the increase . Most of these offenders are not strangers, but a member n the known circles or family relations.

Out of 1441 sexual harassment cases registered last year in the state of AP,the violators are either known members or from the relatives of the family.

Another menacing trend rapidly growing in the recent times is involvement of teenagers.

The statistics of Crime records beau roes are repeatedly  warning the women to be alert and vigilant.in this regard AP is topping the list.

Dowry deaths.

The records say , last year 8000 dowry deaths were registered. This is an alarming situation. 100000 cases of Dowry deaths were registered by the records, where husband or the in-laws are directly involved in the heinous dowry deaths.

Another reason for this unabating crimes is, most of the victims of the domestic violence  are not willing to report and seek justice from the law.

Another reason for this social evil is the parents of the girl itself. Some parents without bothering to examine and verify the antecedents and precedents of the groom, especially in the case of NRI grooms are fixing the matches. Practically, parents are giving away their daughters to rank strangers.This trend has to change in order to curb such deaths caused by lack of forethought in the parents.

Awareness in the women is the only way to arrest Dowry deaths and domestic violence.

Women should stop looking towards others for help. The day when women realizes that she has to help herself, atrocities on women will vanish.

Even the children are not safe.

Child abuse and child molestation have become a common affair in the country.The crime scenario has turned so dangerous and menacing that even the children are not safe.

A mother was anxiously waiting for her four year old child's return from play. It was drizzling. Time was ticking. Still no trace of her child. Her husband too returned from the office. After Knowing the situation from his wife, he, with his wife went out hurriedly in search of their dear child. School, tuition ,provision stores, homes of the relatives, every place was searched. Still no trace of the child.

A cell call has brought the couple from their state of dejection and despair in to this world.The voice from the cell said, " she'll down 10'00000 rupees and release your child. Else, be ready to receive your child's dead body ."

Poor helpless parents, having no option left, lodged a police complaint. On the basis of the origin of the call, police jumped in to action and caught hold of the culprit, who is none other than a close family member.

But, by then, the culprit killed the innocent child.

These child abusing cases are not restricted to a few states in the country. Entire country is afflicted by this plague.Record books say among the crimes in the country, 10 percent cases  constitute child abuse cases. In comparison with the previous year, the child abuse and kidnapping cases this year have increased by 15 percent. On the whole , 40000 child abuse cases were recorded in this year. Last year has witnessed  8000 deaths of innocent children.

Child suicides

Child suicides is another disturbing fact we are living with today. Childhood is considered as the heaven for children. This stage of a child's life is considered as a stage free from worries and hassles.But today the scenario changed. Children are committing suicide. What do the social scientists have to say in this regard?

Child trafficking has become a common occurrence in the entire length and breadth of the country. Children are being used by the gangs indulging in anti social activities like smuggling,acting as couriers for the extremist groups and begging.Girls are sold to the gangs dealing with prostitution. Within a short span of an year, nearly 10000 children were kidnapped and sold to the gangs dealing in different illegal activities. In some cases, children were killed when a proper deal fails to materialize.

It's with proper parenting alone, these social ailments can be cured. Irresponsible parenting and lack of awareness in the parents about the repercussions  of  wrong parenting are the reasons for this rot. 

Future of the children is the future of the nation.

Failure in this regard will make us stand before the society as culprits.

Crimes on Wheels

It seems there is no place that's free from crimes. Railways too contributed to the crimes in their own way.

814 burglaries , 16000 thefts were recorded in the books last year. In a span of 3 years, 1114 murder attempts, 764 murders and 426 kidnappings were recorded In the books of National Crime Records Bureau.

Arrangement of CC cameras would have restricted the cases to some extent. Lack of coordination between police and Railway protection force is said to be the reason for crimes on the tracks.

Travelers alone should take care of themselves.

Here is how, with a little care and caution,travelers can save themselves.

1. Never believe a stranger.
2. Never accept anything including eatables from an unknown person.
3. Carry cash and jewelry as less as possible while traveling.
4. Report immediately about an unclaimed object like a suit case or a bag or a bundle. 

Other Crimes to be beware of.

• We convert copper in to gold.
• Lucrative jobs for a throwaway price.
• A miraculous oil that grows curly hair on your bald head in a week
• Here is a secret. There are hidden treasures. 

Drilling a hole to the organization that gave livelihood.Selling the classified information of an organization to its rival are some more varieties of crimes up to the sleeves of the criminals.  National Crime Records Bureau has recorded nearly 100000 such cases for the last year.

A big question mark before the commoner.

• Should I believe my fellow human ?
• "Don't believe" ,says the National Crime Records Bureau, that records all types of crimes taking place in the country. But, is it possible? Man is a social animal. Trust is the base on which a healthy society stands.
• The desire only Good should be there is greediness.
• The belief that there is no good left is despair.
• Society is a jugalbandi of good and bad.

National Crime Records Bureau 

The statistics compiled by this organization form the basis for creating new acts,new strategies to maintain peaceful conditions in the country.Criminologists use the data for their analytical studies. National Crime Records Bureau has its head office at New Delhi. It's being headed by a senior IPS officer.