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Prevention is better…: The burglar breaks the lock as silently as a scoop of ice cream can melt in one’s mouth and decamps.-

Thieves love summers. But policemen hate them.

Caught in this inversely proportional ‘love–hate’ feelings are the people. Literally. If winters force people to latch all doors and windows and double-check the bolts and locks in nights, caution is thrown to the winds during summers.

So we have people tired from the scorching heat rushing to terrace to sleep while enjoying the light breeze; given the holiday season, some may go on week-long vacations or some may prefer to sleep indoors, but keep the doors and windows open, just for some cool breeze to waft in and offer some reprieve from the heat. Or it could simply be all family members sleeping in the air-conditioned master bedroom, while leaving the entire house empty in nights.

And here come the nimble fingered gentry, who can silently vault over the compound wall, tip-toe their way into the house or on to the staircase or break the lock as silently as a scoop of ice cream melts in one’s mouth and scoot with whatever they can lay their hands on. Then the bleary-eyed cops would distastefully run their eyes through screaming headlines next day – ‘Burglars target rows of houses; Valuables lost’.

The art of burglary may sound very simple, but the art of catching a burglar is not so easy, any policeman would vouch. But there are some simple tips, which people can use to make the prospective burglar twiddle his thumbs, throw up his hands in despair and take to heels without laying hands on any valuables in your home. So simple that one need not lose his sleep to keep the burglar away.

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