Bangalore: Alert youngsters, Facebook help police in hunting down eve teasers

Daijiworld Media Network – Bangalore (SP)

Bangalore, Mar 16: Social networking websites on the internet have often been blamed for bad behavior, waste of time, friendship with undesired people, sex-related crimes, and many other things among the younger generation. On a positive note, a campaign carried out through the popular social networking website, Facebook, has succeeded in finding out two youths who had indulged in eve teasing some girls in a public place.

Picture posted on Facebook page by complainant (image blurred by daijiworld)

After arrest

Lohit (22), a first year BCom student of Oxford College in H S R Layout here, and Ranjeeth Kumar (21), a student of SSMRV College in Jayanagar, have apologized for their undesirable acts. They were fined a sum of hundred rupees each by the traffic court on Thursday March 14 for their offences.

It is gathered that on last Saturday, both of them had decided to go for a joyride on a motor bike. When their bike was waiting for the signal near Raheja Arcade in Koramangala 3rd block, they had passed lewd remarks at some girls who were crossing the road there, besides making obscene gestures.

Angered by their behavior, Akshay Kingar, a friend of these girls, clicked the pictures of the miscreants on his mobile phone and uploaded the same on the Bangalore police page on Facebook, duly providing details of their misbehavior. He also shared the same on his profile page with a link to the Bangalore police page.

This post received over 10,000 comments within a day, and over 3,000 users shared it. The people decried the behaviour of the students and demanded stern action. The campaign got solid support from a Facebook group, Bangalore Doers. Alerted by this huge response, the police detected the miscreants based on the registration number of the two-wheeler (KA 01 EY 6683). The Koramangala police, who served notices on them under Karnataka Police Act, took them into custody on Wednesday before releasing them.

The above post continues to get huge response, with over 16,000 comments, and over 6,000 sharing the same. The city police have now opened up to posts made in social networking websites, and have promised to take action wherever necessary, in response thereof.