Bengaluru : Whitefield Police introduce 'Blind Box' to fight illegal activities
BENGALURU : Want to report something illegal, but scared to reveal your identity? The Whitefield police have a solution: a “blind box”. All you have to do now is write down what you want to report to the police and drop it in the box.
The Whitefield police, who celebrated Independence Day on the theme ‘freedom from drugs,’ have set up the blind box to enable people to tip them off anonymously.
Abdul Ahad, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Whitefield, who launched the campaign on Wednesday, put up one such box at the Forum Neighbourhood Mall. “The idea is to help people who want to give information about illegal activities anonymously,” he said.
“There are many residents who know about illegal activities in their vicinities, but are scared to inform the police, fearing their identity would be compromised. If people have to complain via phone or email, their names or numbers will be revealed. The blind box will not only help such people, but will also help the police crack down on illegal activities,” he added.
The Whitefield division has reported a substantial number of drug abuse cases recently. This is not only affecting the young generation, but is also posing a threat to the law and order situation, which needs to be redressed effectively, Mr. Ahad said.
The blind box will be taken to the police station every week, and information received through anonymous letters will be sorted and action taken, the police said. The larger idea is to facilitate greater public-police cooperation and contain the drug menace.
The police at the jurisdictional level have also started coordinating with schools, colleges, commercial establishments, and private company representatives to exchange information and contain the menace.
The Whitefield police are also planning to extend the blind box facility to other stations under their jurisdiction soon.
courtesy: thehindu.com
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
