News from Jessie Rodrigues
For Daijiworld Media Network—Bangalore (CN)
Bangalore, Sep 29: The Residents' Welfare Association, Bangalore East (REWABE), organized a talk on 'Crime Stoppers' for the residents of Bangalore East. The talk was delivered by P M Kalappa, chief executive, Crime Stoppers India, at Don Bosco Provincial, Milton Street, Cooke Town at 6 pm. Kalappa was formerly superintendent of police.
Crime Stoppers is a non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary, initiative to fight the menace of crime, and corruption, which was first founded in Hyderabad and is now also in Bangalore.
Vaidyanathan, president, Rewabe, welcomed the gathering and introduced chief guest. Kalappa enlightened the audience about crime stoppers, its functions, and about collecting information ensuring anonymity and safety of individuals, so as to achieve effective action by the police or other government agencies.
This was followed by an interactive session wherein the participants cleared their doubts mainly about the revelation of identity. Kalappa assured that enough care is taken to safeguard the identity of the informant.
Jessie Rodrigues, vice-president, Rewabe, assured Kalappa of the gathering's support and help in this initiative aimed at a crime free society. Secretary Jayanthi proposed the vote of thanks.