Safety and Security

The Closed Circuit Television has become an integral part of lives. Yes, inside elevators, in corridors and on roads. The roads and play grounds, parking lots and restaurants are all equipped with the CCTV surveillance cameras. You are monitored and captured inside the camera. These visuals have become precious.

- Vinod Kumar

December 31, a date that is familiar to all people. Yes, last date of the year 2016. This date is called the eve of the New Year. And Bengaluru city had a very lively and active night of the new year's eve. Over forty thousand people are reported to have assembled near the MG road and the Brigade road. Mostly between the ages of twenty and thirty years, these young people assembled for celebration of the mid night. The count down to the new year began and all shared their festivities, to welcome the 2017.

But next morning, the newspaper and television channels had another story to report. Few young men were alleged to have misbehaved with nearly four women. Yes, there was a big crowd. In the darkness, these unpardonable behaviors of eve teasing or even inappropriate touching is reported to have happened.The television channels aired the visuals that were retrieved from the CCTV. Two male miscreants had actually alighted from a motorbike and man-handled a woman. These horrific visuals brought condemnation to the way these young men behaved on the New Year's eve, in Bangalore. Bengaluru city took a beating on its image.