Crime Watch

Cocktail of crime

It is Friday night and the thin weekend crowd at Silvercity multiplex, Ghaziabad, could not have been a pleasing sight for the proprietors. The men far outnumbered the few women present. Even the otherwise crowded McDonald’s bore a funeral like despondency and the story was no different at the other eateries in the complex.

Sandeep Yadav

Last train home

The Indian Railways has to go a long way before it can safeguard the security of life and property in its jurisdiction

Sandeep Yadav

Mohammad Atiq can never forget the dreadful experience he had at the Saharanpur railway station. A sanitary businessman from Muzzafarnagar, he was on his way back home after recovering the payment of Rs 12,000 from his clients in Jagadri, Haryana. As the train reached Saharanpur, Atiq’s bogey was host to a Sub-inspector from the Railway Protection Force (RPF) accompanied by two constables and two Travelling Ticket Examiners (TTEs). They were uniformed, inebriated and began to sexually harass women passengers in the coach. Atiq’s civic protests earned him the honour of being manhandled by the officials and left divested of his cash. To set an example, a fabricated case was lodged against him under Section 146 of the Railway Act.

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