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THE THREAT by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to levy fine for unsolicited calls seems to be having an impact even before it has come into effect. If many harassed customers are already asking for the callers to put their phone numbers in the “do-not-call” list, some agents who call on behalf different banks have found a nicer way of selling their “offers.” One caller, for example, began like this: “How do you find our credit card service?” After listening to you, the caller will thank you for not lodging any complaint, and will go on: “Based on your credit card transactions, we are offering you special offer of insurance…” Many a time you may not realise that you have been tricked into listening to details which you may not have otherwise cared to know. A little probing reveals that the caller had nothing to do with credit card service at all. They also ask for details that are not necessary for their purposes — your date of birth, for example. An insurance agent only needs to know how old you are to calculate your birthday. Every month they say that the offer is only for that month and available only for a few days. Beware! Terror-struck
THE STRESS levels of the Bangalore police have gone up by a few notches ever since they started investigating the Bangalore angle to the botched Glasgow terror attack. With the Union Government instructing the State not to make public the details of the investigations, the police officers are having a tough time in handling mediapersons who pester them every day for details. After a team of police officers recently visited the Banashankari residence of Kafeel Ahmed, who drove the flaming jeep into the Glasgow airport building, a reporter called a senior police officer on his mobile phone and sought to know from him the purpose of the visit. The inflamed officer riposted that they went to Kafeel’s house to register a case following a complaint by his parents that the mediapersons were harassing them. There was a displeased silence from the journo who then shot back: “Tell me, when are you going to arrest us?” Needless to say, the exchange was terminated with extreme prejudice.
GOVIND D. BELGAUMKAR, K.V. SUBRAMANYA
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