The director basic of police (DGP), Uttar Pradesh, Vijaya Kumar has in an inside round directed law enforcement officials to use the ‘Hindu panchang’ to assess the interval when criminal gangs are most definitely to strike.
The ‘panchang’ is a lunisolar calendar that makes use of customary Hindu timekeeping items and shows essential dates and durations.
The DGP’s August 14 round with a replica of the ‘panchang’ connected to it, directs law enforcement officials throughout the state to intensify night time patrolling throughout darker nights, the time when these gangs are most anticipated to strike.
The DGP requested the police officers to do crime mapping of such incidents and establish sizzling spots. He additionally requested officers to intensify night time patrolling in such areas.
The DGP’s round additionally directs cops to stay alert on ‘Amavasya (no moon day and the darkest night time of the lunar month)’ and even states that the no moon day would occur on August 16, September 14 and October 14. The DGP has directed officers to stay alert per week earlier than and after these dates.
On DGP’s push, an alert has been raised, particularly for darkish nights because the criminal gangs are most harmful throughout this era.
“All criminal gangs principally comply with the essential development of placing throughout darkish nights,” defined a police inspector, who has studied the modus-operandi of such criminal gangs.
“Every month has about 15 nights when there’s little or no moonlight. This is called Krishna Paksh in Hindu mythology and that is the time when these gangs usually strike after having studied their victims throughout brighter nights (Shukla Paksh),” the inspector defined.
SAFETY TIPS
Set up padlocks and a double lock system on the doorways. These criminal gangs can simply break right into a home if there are solely latches to lock the doorways.
Set up safety alarms
Be sure that streetlights in colonies are useful.
Take care not to enable strangers to loiter close to homes or to enable them in for any work.
Maintain telephone numbers of the closest police station/outpost in cost helpful.
Folks staying close to railway tracks or close to rivers ought to stay particularly alert.