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Precaution against thefts

The directives may sound commonplace, oft-repeated. But a 24-point list of `dos' and `don'ts' drawn up by the police to reduce burglary and thefts would be worth observing the Inspector General of Police (North Range) M. N. Krishnamurthy has to say. Remove the telephone receiver from the cradle when leaving the house for long. Avoid sleeping near open windows wearing gold ornaments. Fix a master electric switch in the bedroom to enable inmates to search premises easily. Avoid display of gold ornaments. Inform the nearest police station or control room (telephone 100), when you leave home for long. So goes the list.

Mr. Krishnamurthy had highlighted the efficacy of observing these stipulations when addressing an interactive programme on `Increasing thefts and traffic problems in Kozhikode' organised by the Calicut Chamber of Commerce and Industry the other day. He proposes to circulate the list of directives in residential colonies .

Maleeha Raghaviah

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