Call centre drivers involved in crimes in Bangalore: Police

BANGALORE: Police on Friday called for stringent security measures by organisations, whose employees work at odd hours, following a spate of late night crimes in the city, many of which were traced to drivers working with call centres in the city.

"Organisations should step up their security measures and ensure that their employees, who leave offices at odd hours or travel to work at wee hours, are dropped to their residences or offices safely", Gopal Hosur, Joint Commissioner Crime, told reporters in Bangalore.

Over 100 crime cases registered in the city during the past one and half years had been traced to those who had been working with call centres or had been hired by agencies who provided transport services to various organisations, he said.

The targets of these culprits are often people who worked late at night at travelled at odd hours or those who had arrived from outside the city and were looking for transport to be dropped back home, he said.

Warning people against taking lifts from strangers, he said that vehicles, especially the yellow board ones, should not be equipped with tinted glasses as it made checking them a very difficult process for the police.

The burgeoning number of vehicles now operating late at night, given the increase in call centres in the city, had made it difficult for the police. "It is not possible to arrange a nakabandi everyday", he added.

Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com