Incidence of robbery worrying

Such crimes tend to strike fear in city dwellers' hearts and reduce confidence in the law enforcement people. Morning walkers were trapped by a group of robbers as they came out of their flats in Siddheswari area and were forced back up to guide them to where the money and valuables lay. Some burglars also broke into the offices of commercial concerns at Kakrail and neatly carried out their plan of stealing money and other things.

These incidents could not have happened without the robbers doing a bit of information gathering before committing the crimes. The law enforcers need to mount surveillance on such activities in order to freeze the criminals on their tracks.

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The residential areas usually remain vulnerable at night, and during office hours when the male members of households are away. Although the apartment buildings or residential areas may have their own guards, police should step up vigil in view of the breaches taking place in their respective security outfits keeping in view the modus operandi of criminals.

The price that we are paying for an unusual rise in criminality is too big to be ignored. People are suffering from a sense of insecurity as they watch criminals regularly outwitting their victims and the law enforcers. The lack of security affects their lives in a number of ways. But the greatest damage is done to trade and commerce as the business community is bound to be shaken when apparently well-protected offices become the target of burglary.

The government should take stock of the situation and go for corrective steps to curb such crimes.