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Anita L (Staff Writer)     09 July 2013

Lodging & boarding: safety of traveller

Hi All

As we all know, in India, the safety is the biggest concern of travellers. Especially true for females. A woman is not safe on the street , in a bus , in a train or in a house. A woman in India does not feel safe even in a hotel! Why is it so?  It is under th consumer protection laws that the resident in a hotel or lodge is covered. However, honestly I would like to know why are strong implementation of these laws not done?

The biggest issue why crimes keep happening is that there is no fear in the mind of the law-breaker.

We need to change that. We must come up with handful of big strong cases which will be strongly publicised by the media. The biggest issue why criminal activities continue unabated is lack of FEAR. We must instill this fear in the minds of the perpetrators.

Do let me know your thoughts. While  you are at it. Do take a look at the following such incident that happened

https://hotelrobbery.blogspot.com/2013/07/robbed-in-hotel-and-nowhere-to-go.html

Regards
Anita


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Rama chary Rachakonda (Secunderabad/Telangana state Highcourt practice watsapp no.9989324294 )     09 July 2013

I understood your feelings. Actually media has to  show in their media, how criminals are feelings in jails, how are they suffering within the jail walls ? How are they suffering in jail life ? etc. They have to show all these in magnifier. So that accused may be frighten from the crime.

Anita L (Staff Writer)     11 July 2013

 

Brief Story:

 

A young urban professional checks into a hotel room. He pays in advance for a certain number of days. He 's pressurized to vacate under flimsy pretense. He is robbed of his bag. Police is called in. The investigation is on. The case moves on.

 

Background:

 

This story talks about the hardships faced by a young urban professional who has just moved from his place of education and upbringing to a leading city in search of better career prospects. All he asked for was a place to stay at a reasonable price. What he got was an effort to strip him of his key belongings. What followed was running around from one place to another , one official to another, to seek justice.

 

It talks about how a literate educated and innocent individual is preyed upon and robbed of his belongings in broad daylight in the presence of the very people who are supposed to make him feel more secure.

 

If this is what happens with someone as patriotic as one can be in his very own country then one can imagine what a foreign tourist must be going through.

 

If this is the case with someone with a bit of knowledge of system and law and someone more savant then one can imagine what an ordinary individual must be facing.

 

Most important of all, this case shows what one has to go through to seek justice. Justice that still continues to be elusive. And it seems like a simple case of theft. Or is it?

Anita L (Staff Writer)     11 July 2013

Thank you for your response SIr Rama chary.

The media can portray all the things. I will be working on this project in India. Let 's see how we can make the world a better place.

Meanwhile, Let's look at this case. If you need I can post complete detailed list of event here. 

How can adequate compensation be given to victim for the suffering.

IT is cruel to be robbed by the hotel and then not much support from police.

 

 

Anita L (Staff Writer)     13 July 2013

 

 

Only the summary of the whole incident has been mentioned above in my post(s). 

Please the read the detailed story at the above mentioned link. This will give you a complete idea of what has happened. 

Do feel free to ask any questions.

Even if this helps anyone in future when such a thing happens, we should think that we have been successful in our efforts at enlightening people.

 

<a target='_blank' rel='nofollow' href="https://hotelrobbery.blogspot.in/2013/07/robbed-in-hotel-and-nowhere-to-go.html">HotelRobberyCaseBlog</a>

Advocate Ravinder (Advocate/Attorney)     22 August 2013

Hello Anita, As India is the biggest democratic country in the world, normally the liberty of living style is enormous and at the same time, the laws are also very liberal to the culprits who commit offence. When the government is in the process of making rigid rules against the culprit, it cannot oversee the liberty aspect of the culprits. Hence, there should be some revolution from the public side to frame rigid rules against the culprits. Secondly, due to unemployment, poverty, un-education also the people are becoming criminal nature by adopting the crimes in the films etc. If one problem is solved everything will be set right. In the alternative the Govt has to take strong decision in making rigid rules against the culprits, irrespective of the opinion of the public. I also agree with Kamal in respect of woman aspect. Atleast while going outside the house, the dress code should be followed. If they want to wear the facny dress, it should be restricted to parties and functions only, not on roads and public places.

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