A close-knit, alert neighbourhood deters criminals, say police.
The police have advised people to take note of senior citizens and women who stay alone in their area, as doing so, the police believe, will help reduce crime rate.
Additional commissioner of police (law and order), T Suneel Kumar, said that in the recent case of the murder of the elderly couple at JP Nagar, a tenant living on the room at the building’s terrace did not suspect something was wrong despite seeing newspapers lying uncollected in front of the house’s main door for four days. Also, he said the main door of the house was not locked, but even this did not arouse the tenant’s curiosity as to where the couple might have gone for so many days without locking the door.
He said the tenant should have tried to check what was wrong, but was so indifferent that he even overlooked the foul smell coming from the house.
The AddlCP said the police have been advising people to be mindful of senior citizens and women staying alone. He said the police have been telling this at citizens’ peace meetings and to residents’ welfare organisations, but to no avail. He remarked that people are indifferent to such an extent that they would not intervene even if a crime unfolds in front of their eyes. He said the least people can do in such a situation is to inform the police control room.
Also, he said city dwellers should refrain from calling labourers they don’t know for work. He said there are many certified agencies in the city that offer services for minor household work, like plumbing, electrical repairing etc. He said people should avail of services of only such agencies. And even when these agencies send their employees, people should have some youth of their acquaintance in their house. He warned against asking labourers from slum to lend a helping hand.
He said that in the JP Nagar murder case, the elderly couple had told the trio that they were childless and had to attend to all the chores by themselves. He strongly advised against sharing personal information such as this. He said the police have told patrolling teams to interact with people and make them aware about these guidelines.
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