For safety of seniors, a first in proactive policing
Jaidev Hemmady
Posted online: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 02:47:40
Mumbai, April 22 *
On March 28, Khurshid Dick (65) was found murdered in her Gorai flat, two stab wounds on her body. The body was discovered by a contractor she had commissioned for painting the house. The main suspect, a painter, is still to be arrested.
* On February 19, Lajwanti Chugani (70) was murdered at her Gamdevi flat after a robbery by two men who had earlier been employed as domestic help in another wing of the building.
* On February 16, Dilip (72) and Varsha Randhery (61) were found murdered at their Santacruz flat. Police arrested a domestic servant.
*l On February 4, former member of the Censor Board Kiran Khanna (65) was found murdered at her Worli flat. Two men posing as courier delivery boys had assaulted her.
While the continuing trend of crimes against senior citizens has worried policemen across the city, compelling them to set up a helpline for seniors and to step up mobile patrolling, the Borivali police will soon initiate a first in proactive policing – a senior citizens’ card.
Police Inspector (Crime) Annasaheb Rajmane from the Borivali police station, whose brainchild is in its final stages of being approved, says: ‘‘Realising the fact that policemen cannot monitor the safety of senior citizens around the clock, I came up with an idea to get a special senior citizens’ card printed. The card contains landline phone numbers of the Borivali police station as well as mobile numbers of the senior police inspector, the assistant police commissioner of the area and also the deputy commissioner of police of the zone. The purpose of the card is to make help available to senior citizens that’s a phone call away.”
Rajmane says a copy of each card issued to senior citizens residing in the police station’s jurisdiction will also be maintained at the police station. “It will contain particulars about the name of the family doctor of the card-holder, the name of the nearest hospital, the blood group and other such details.’’
Abridged
SOURCE: expressIndia
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