Cops seek divine help to curb crimes

Patna: In the drive to make Bihar a crime-free state, the police have sought divine intervention by performing special prayers at the railway stations to prevent any wrongdoing in trains. Read more......................Bihar cops seek help to curb crimes

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In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes

Every three minutes a woman becomes victim of a crime somewhere in India . The highest number become targets of their husbands and in-laws.

A total of 185,312 incidents of crime against women were reported in the country during 2007 as compared to 164,765 during 2006, an increase of 12.5 percent. Read more............................In India, a woman becomes a crime victim every three minutes

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India is the murder capital of the world

A survey by the National Crime Records Bureau has said that India witnessed 32,719 murders -- roughly three people killed every hour -- placing it in the top of the list of countries with the highest number of murders.

In terms of number of murders worldwide, India is followed by Russia (28,904), Colombia (26,539), South Africa (21,995), Mexico (13,829) and the United States (12,658). Read more...............................India is the murder capital of the world

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Inspired by Gandhi, prisoner confesses to crimes

The impact of Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy came to the fore in a most unexpected place - the Nashik Central Prison in Maharashtra state of India. A jail inmate underwent such a transformation after reading 'My Experiments With Truth' that he confessed to his crimes.

And prisoner Laxman Tukaram Gole did more. He happily accepted the court's verdict sentencing him to 25 months in prison and also offered to spend two months extra behind bars in lieu of a fine of Rs.1,050 which he could not afford to pay. Read more................Inspired by Gandhi, prisoner confesses to crimes

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No Smoking at Home - it can be crime

Recently, "The City Beautiful" Chandigarh became the first city in India to become tobacco free as Smoking has been banned all across Chandigarh. Now Indian Government is planning to enforce it all across India. Interesting thing is that Minister for Health and Family Welfare "Anbumani Ramadoss" is planning to ban it even at home.........Wanna know why the Minister thinks so?..........Read......Now, even smoking at home can be a crime

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Eight-year-old 'Serial killer'

Can an Eight-year-old boy be a 'Serial killer'. But it seems all types of anomalies occur in nature. Take the case of "Amardeep Sadaheld" of Musahari village of Bhagwanpur in Bihar State of India who is held as a serial killer after his third murder when he brutally strangled six-month-old Khushboo in his neighborhood . As per the Police he is a serial killer as he had earlier strangled to death his sister and cousin.

The earlier two killings went unreported. However, Amardeep's crime could not be pushed under the carpet this time since his latest victim was not a family member but lived in his neighborhood in Musahari village under the Bhagwanpur police station.

Khushboo was sleeping alone in the village primary school while her mother Chunchun Devi was busy with chores at her house nearby when Amardeep strangled the infant and hit her with a brick before attempting to bury the body in the nearby field.

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Hey God, Pl. Control crime in my state

Police in any country or state is there to control crime over there. But have you ever heard off that the Police of a state offered prayers to God to control crime in his / her area. Yes, a Police officer in Bihar State of India has performed special prayers in a police station seeking divine intervention to control crime in a state notorious for murder, extortion and where hardly a day passes without reports of at least one or two kidnappings.

Rita Kumari, the officer-in-charge of the industrial area police station in Hajipur, the district headquarters of Vaishali about 30 km from here, organized a special 'yagna', or fire rituals, to check rampant violence.

Rita, in her 30s, said proudly: "The prayers are the first of their kind to be held in any police station in the state. Apart from police officers, dozens of people turned up to participate."

The religious event lasted many hours. "I performed the rituals according to the Hindu priest's advice, asking for god's blessings to change the mindset of criminals and to check the crime graph here. I strongly believe that it will help create a crime-free society," Rita told IANS over the phone from Hajipur.

The police station was specially decorated for the occasion and arrangements were made for 'Prasad'. The prayers and rituals were carried out by four traditionally clad priests amid recitation of religious scriptures, said officials.

The policemen and local people went on singing and dancing to religious songs for hours after the yagna was over.

The special prayers have become the talk of the town. "Dozens of local people called the police station to inquire about whether this was really true," said a police official posted there.

Rita Kumari is not the only police officer to believe that crime can be controlled with the help of divine intervention. Some months ago a DIG from Muzaffarpur had delivered a discourse at a function organized by the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) urging locals to follow religious guidelines to control crime.

The rising crime graph in the state is one of the main worries of the Nitish Kumar administration. When he took over as chief minister in 2005 he had promised to turn Bihar into a crime-free area within three months. But police records continue to suggest otherwise.

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