In a recent incident reported by the Times of India (http://goo.gl/qoVYAR) that took place in the first week of June 2015, where a senior citizen who was alone at his home was exploited by a person who posed as a gas agency executive has left many shaken.
The incident occurred between 2.15pm and 3.30pm when the accused charged on Sridhar Bhate (the victim) and overpowered him. He tied Bhate’s hands and legs with a nylon string which he was carrying and at knifepoint robbed him of valuables worth rupees 40,000. Fortunately the accused left without hurting Bhate. But not always are victims so lucky and many a time they are grievously injured and even murdered. Like it happened to a senior couple at the end of 2014 when Nauseer Irani (76) and his wife Nargis (74) were murdered in their flat in Palghar – Mumbai. The New Indian Express (http://goo.gl/dpivPV) reported that four unidentified persons had forcibly entered their house murdered them and debunked with a total of rupees 4.9 lakhs from the house, mostly in the form of jewelry. The incident happened during the afternoon and it was discovered only the next morning.
Crime rate is rising and the only way to be safe is to tighten security and keep a strict tab on visitors along with maintaining guards round the clock.
We recommend a few measures that must be taken to ensure stricter security of the premise :-
- Record and maintain who is coming in or going out and if
- Record essential details like photo of the visitor, phone number etc. Also don’t forget to validate phone numbers to ensure no one is faking it.
- Do get an authorization from the resident before checking-in any Guest. If possible, have a security guard escort the guest.
- Manage the vendors in way so that all the present and past details are recorded.
- Also if a visitor enters for a short span like courier delivery boys, food delivery boys and the like, do issue badges.
Well these are all the manual ways of keeping your housing societies a safe place but they are all time consuming and depends on your security guard and his efficiency. But CommonFloor groups is on its way in bringing out a smart solution to manage all your security related issues in your apartment and also aims to make it entirely error free. Do keep an eye on this section for more.
