'Marital blues' for cops

TNN / Dec 11, 2006, 02:46 IST

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Nuptial celebrations were the last thing that the police would even consider as a serious law and order problem.

CHANDIGARH: Nuptial celebrations were the last thing that the police would even consider as a serious law and order problem. Ingenious thieves have, however, made it a rather grave concern for cops.
Within a fortnight of large number of women guests losing their valuables in a most startling way as thieves lifted their money, jewellery and other pricey belongings from handbags hanging over their shoulders in Hotel Mountview on November 27, an NRI woman lost her bag carrying US $40,000 among others things on Saturday during a marriage party in Hotel Aroma.
"I have asked my beat officials to hang around marital parties to keep such unscrupulous persons at bay. No urchins would be allowed to stay close to such venues," a SHO told TOI.
He, however, concedes that the police have their own limitations in stopping such incidents from recurring. These are after all private affairs of families, he says. Amidst the usual festivities, cops are not the most pleasant of sights for the hosts and they want them 'out of sight'.

Another inspector says there have been instances where people became abrasive when asked by police to take some preventive measures.
The police's failure in solving such cases — there is still no clue in the Mountview incident in which hotel's own security came under people's flak — is another reason that host and guests at such parties should take extra measure to guard their valuables.
The investigators believe the Mountview incident was orchestrated by some organised criminals, while that in Hotel Aroma could be a more crude job. Some beggars and urchins are always on the lookout for theft opportunities, police say.
Though it remains a moot point whether it's a routine police argument of passing the crime's burden to these unresisting poor, as it is almost impossible for them to mingle with these guests.

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