The number of crimes committed by ex-employees and servants reported an increase in the past few months in the city. In the past one year ex- employees and servants were found involved in 42 cases of burglary, robbery and fraud in the city.
Additional Superintedent of Police Bhopal (Crime) Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that before keeping a servant, all information about the individual should be procured properly as failing to collect the information would prove dangerous. In most of the cases it was witnessed that the servants have no past criminal records but after working for few months with the victims heinous crimes are committed when they become aware of the property and vulnerability of the victim.
Families having business have been targeted the most because due to their busy scheduled and work load servants and employees are required which could help in the work and could suppiort at the home wiht house hold works and other works, he added.
Chouhan said that the root cause of the problem is the negligence of the citizens in providing details with the police and conducting verification as it will delay the recruitment and would not address the immediate need of worker. People should not share details of property money and transactions with the servants and should keep servants and employees which are well acquainted for years and should also check the details of previous employer.
In the crimes of robberies it has been found that the victims carry money collected during the day in the night to theri home and accompony theri servants and employeess wiht them which provides them the details of money, timining and route which helps them later during comitting crime.
Among the latest incidents reported by in the month of January steel trader Gaurav Agrawal was robbed of Rs 16.5 lakh at knife point by his ex –employee and his accomplices.
In the same month an Oil trader Manohar Agrawal was robbed of Rs 4.5 lakh by throwing chili in his eyes and the robbery was planned and executed by his ex-employee and his friends.
One of fraud which was reported in the month of June last year was of Dr. Anand Saxena’s who was duped by his employee. The employee fraudulently withdrew Rs 94 lakh from Saxena’s account.
Meanwhile, on Sunday crime branch police have updated the Bhopal Police website and have provided facility for verification of tenants and domestic help or servants.
Citizens usually avoid visiting police stations and to provide convenience the website was updated. Bhopal police have appealed to the citizens to provide details of tenants and servant verification to avoid any untoward action in future.