Students' safety: CCTV mandatory in schools, buses

July 27, 2014

CCTV mandatory

Bangalore, Jul 27: The City police on Saturday issued guidelines which made it mandatory for managements to install CCTV cameras and GPS device in school buses and appoint floor vigilance officers (FVOs) to ensure safety of students.

The police set August 31 as the deadline for implementation.

The police released nine guidelines in the wake of bitter criticism over handling of the rape of a six-year-old girl by a skating instructor in Vibgyor High at Marathahalli in the City on July 2.Releasing the guidelines, City Police Commissioner M?N?Reddi said: “We will initiate action under IPC?section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) if the schools, including pre-nursery, nursery and primary, fail to comply with the guidelines.”

He said the deadline is August 14 for Vibgyor High. “The management of Vibgyor High has claimed that many of the guidelines are already in place and has promised to implement others by August 14,” the commissioner said.

He said specific directions have been given to Vibgyor High. The management has been directed to appoint three FVOs, repair defunct CCTV cameras, install additional cameras and appoint 97 security personnel.

According to the new guidelines, the buses or other vehicles owned by private players and operated for schools must have Global Positioning System (GPS) device and Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras. Such vehicles should not ferry more number of students than that prescribed by the Transport Department.

The managements should verify driving licences of drivers and get more information about their antecedents from the police. A male and a woman staff should accompany students till they reach their doorsteps. CCTV cameras should be installed in the schools, too.

Floor vigilance officers

Another important guideline is the mandatory appointment of FVO for every floor, including ground floor and top floor. The guideline is important as it is alleged that the girl was raped in a dark room by the skating instructor at Vibgyor High.

“If possible, a woman or senior woman staff should be appointed as FVO. A glass cabin should be set up for them so that they could monitor activities taking place in all directions. The FVO should monitor movement of suspicious persons and take action,” the guidelines said.

Emergency contact

Henceforth, parents should give a specific cellphone number for contacting during emergencies. The teacher should respond only to calls or messages originating from such numbers.

Reddi said the rules have been issued under Sections 65 (D) and 70 of Karnataka Police Act which provide the commissioner with special powers to issue them.

Sources said the police may not insist on government schools to implement the guidelines as they may not have the necessary resources. “They will require a lot of clearances from the government, which is a time-consuming process,” said a senior police officer.

It was not immediately known as to what the private schools will do. It is expected to be a major burden on the managements and they might pass it on to the students.

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March 27,2024

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At least seven people have been killed when Israeli warplanes bombed an emergency center in southern Lebanon near the border with the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories with air-to-surface missiles, according to Lebanese security sources.

Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity said early on Wednesday that the strike targeted the Islamic Group’s emergency and relief center in Lebanon’s southern village of Habbariyeh.

Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese group closely linked to the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, said in a statement that “a number” of people had been killed, and called the strike a “heinous crime.”

An official from the group said “seven rescuers” were killed in the aerial assault.

Another Jamaa Islamiya official, also requesting anonymity, said a dozen medical staff were in the emergency center at the time of the strike, adding that bodies were being pulled from the rubble.

Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Mrad said “the Israeli aggression on Habbariyeh adds to the long list of Israeli crimes.”

Israel has been launching air strikes against Lebanon since the beginning of its onslaught against the Gaza Strip in early October.

An Israeli strike knocked down part of a building in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on February 14, killing seven members of the same family, including a child, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said. A boy initially reported missing was found alive under the rubble.

In a separate Israeli attack, a woman and her two children were killed in the village of as-Sawana in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli regime launched its devastating hostilities in the Gaza Strip on October 7 after the territory’s Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Israel's raids have resulted in retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory operations as long as the Tel Aviv regime continues its onslaught on Gaza.

The Israeli campaign in Gaza has killed at least 32,414 people, most of them women and children. Another 74,787 individuals have also been wounded.

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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March 26,2024

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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