DC | Coreena Suares | 2 hours 48 min ago
Abandoned railway buildings on the Mettuguda-Tarnaka road. —DC
Hyderabad: Like Mumbai, the city of Hyderabad was once seen as safe for women. But things have changed here too as a string of horrific crimes against women have occurred in less frequented areas in the twin cities such as unprotected monuments and tombs, ancient heritage structures, parks and open grounds, partially constructed buildings, unfenced lakes and even subways that have become hotspots of antisocial activity.
In March this year, a mentally challenged girl was raped in broad daylight by a garbage truck driver at Trimulgherry. The victim was later found dumped near a banyan tree near CSD canteen in the Cantonment area.
Even though defence areas are mostly monitored by their own guards, the victim went unnoticed for several hours.
In June, a newspaper reporter was physically assaulted by a drunken autorickshaw driver near the AOC entrance. The woman had refused to give him advance fare to purchase alcohol.
Last year too, a young woman returning from work was taken to a old qila in Chandrayangutta and raped by the driver and his friend.
Rape incidents have been reported from areas on the city’s outskirts, near Outer Ring Road, Shamirpet, Medchal, Rajender Nagar, and Sainikpuri.
Monuments of tourist interest are often the chosen location for criminals. The state archaeological and museums department and the Archaeological Survey of India say they deploy as many guards as they can and are not responsible for any unlawful activities that may occur there.
City subways that were constructed for the benefit of the public are often taken over by drug abusers. Neither the GHMC nor the city police post patrols around these vulnerable areas.
Old buildings hub of crooks
K.K. Abdul Rahoof | DC
Hyderabad: Irregular police patrolling and low level of vigilance, have turned isolated areas and deserted buildings in the city into a safe haven for criminals.
While most of these areas are under the Cyberabad commissionerate, police says it’s difficult to tighten vigilance in such places as they have to cover vast stretches with limited manpower and equipment.
However, top cops said the efforts to identify such areas had been initiated in the past, and the process is still on.
Taking advantage of the isolated spots and dense forests on city’s outskirts, criminals are using this uninhabited terrain to commit crimes like rape, drug abuse, murder, and dumping bodies.
Unidentified bodies are frequently found in areas like Hayatnagar, Narsingi, Moinabad, Shamirpet, and Shamashabad. Ever since the Cyberabad police started functioning, they have been keen to solve abduction, rape and murder cases.
“Criminals do take advantage of such places. In a majority of the cases, offenders kidnap the victims from city, take them to lonely places, and kill them. It’s relatively easy for them to dispose of the bodies in the forests, lakes and hillock. It’s very difficult to police few areas of Cyberabad due to its vastness,” a senior police officer said.
Apps may save you in emergency
Kruthi Gonwar | DC
Hyderabad: After the Mumbai gang rape incident, working women who travel alone every day feel very unsafe. Looking for methods of self-protection, they have discovered that one such effective measure is installing various smart phone applications. These are now being developed to be women’s virtual bodyguards in times of extreme danger or emergency, when they are alone.
Fightback, SafeMe, Stipator, Go Suraksheit are some of both Windows-based and Android applications.
Once installed and launched on your phone, they will send an SMS to a list of prelisted contacts to a maximum of 10 people along with the details of your current location.
A few applications will also update your Facebook status with the same content as the SMS.
For instance, the SafeMe application will raise an alarm and share your location. Once in alarm mode, you can quickly send updates with your location and speed dial a primary contact or your emergency service.
Another app, Stipator has facilities like SOS to send an SMS at a click, book a cab, track routes and make periodic posts on the Facebook with privacy settings limited to family and friends.
States: Andhra Pradesh
Abandoned railway buildings on the Mettuguda-Tarnaka road. —DC
Hyderabad: Like Mumbai, the city of Hyderabad was once seen as safe for women. But things have changed here too as a string of horrific crimes against women have occurred in less frequented areas in the twin cities such as unprotected monuments and tombs, ancient heritage structures, parks and open grounds, partially constructed buildings, unfenced lakes and even subways that have become hotspots of antisocial activity.
In March this year, a mentally challenged girl was raped in broad daylight by a garbage truck driver at Trimulgherry. The victim was later found dumped near a banyan tree near CSD canteen in the Cantonment area.
Even though defence areas are mostly monitored by their own guards, the victim went unnoticed for several hours.
In June, a newspaper reporter was physically assaulted by a drunken autorickshaw driver near the AOC entrance. The woman had refused to give him advance fare to purchase alcohol.
Last year too, a young woman returning from work was taken to a old qila in Chandrayangutta and raped by the driver and his friend.
Rape incidents have been reported from areas on the city’s outskirts, near Outer Ring Road, Shamirpet, Medchal, Rajender Nagar, and Sainikpuri.
Monuments of tourist interest are often the chosen location for criminals. The state archaeological and museums department and the Archaeological Survey of India say they deploy as many guards as they can and are not responsible for any unlawful activities that may occur there.
City subways that were constructed for the benefit of the public are often taken over by drug abusers. Neither the GHMC nor the city police post patrols around these vulnerable areas.
Old buildings hub of crooks
K.K. Abdul Rahoof | DC
Hyderabad: Irregular police patrolling and low level of vigilance, have turned isolated areas and deserted buildings in the city into a safe haven for criminals.
While most of these areas are under the Cyberabad commissionerate, police says it’s difficult to tighten vigilance in such places as they have to cover vast stretches with limited manpower and equipment.
However, top cops said the efforts to identify such areas had been initiated in the past, and the process is still on.
Taking advantage of the isolated spots and dense forests on city’s outskirts, criminals are using this uninhabited terrain to commit crimes like rape, drug abuse, murder, and dumping bodies.
Unidentified bodies are frequently found in areas like Hayatnagar, Narsingi, Moinabad, Shamirpet, and Shamashabad. Ever since the Cyberabad police started functioning, they have been keen to solve abduction, rape and murder cases.
“Criminals do take advantage of such places. In a majority of the cases, offenders kidnap the victims from city, take them to lonely places, and kill them. It’s relatively easy for them to dispose of the bodies in the forests, lakes and hillock. It’s very difficult to police few areas of Cyberabad due to its vastness,” a senior police officer said.
Apps may save you in emergency
Kruthi Gonwar | DC
Hyderabad: After the Mumbai gang rape incident, working women who travel alone every day feel very unsafe. Looking for methods of self-protection, they have discovered that one such effective measure is installing various smart phone applications. These are now being developed to be women’s virtual bodyguards in times of extreme danger or emergency, when they are alone.
Fightback, SafeMe, Stipator, Go Suraksheit are some of both Windows-based and Android applications.
Once installed and launched on your phone, they will send an SMS to a list of prelisted contacts to a maximum of 10 people along with the details of your current location.
A few applications will also update your Facebook status with the same content as the SMS.
For instance, the SafeMe application will raise an alarm and share your location. Once in alarm mode, you can quickly send updates with your location and speed dial a primary contact or your emergency service.
Another app, Stipator has facilities like SOS to send an SMS at a click, book a cab, track routes and make periodic posts on the Facebook with privacy settings limited to family and friends.
States: Andhra Pradesh
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