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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Now in Gurgaon, call cops by SMS, complain online

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Gurgaon Police on Tuesday launched a "citizen-centric automated online policing system" that they claimed is superior to the Delhi Police's. You can now register your complaints online without visiting a police station, expect to get a printed copy of your FIR instead of a handwritten one, and call the police by simply sending them a text message from your mobile phone.

Gurgaon top cop Mohindar Lal announced the tech upgrades in his force on the first anniversary of the commissionerate policing system in the township.

Complaints can be registered - and the status of old complaints checked - on the web site www.gurgaonpolice.net. Apart from calling the conventional police emergency number 100, citizens can also send an SMS to 9717595423 to report a crime. The system is already functional, Lal said.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Drug rap returns to haunt IPL boss Modi

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The high profile commissioner of the Indian Premier League, Lalit Modi, was convicted of possessing drugs, kidnapping and assault in the US during his days as a university student. The conviction came after Modi confessed to committing the offences before a North Carolina court.

In his defence, Modi's lawyers say he did not serve the two-year jail sentence as he was let off on probation, and the Durham County Court did not give a final decision on his sentencing for drugs possession.

The Supreme Court has been hearing a petition challenging Modi's position as a cricket official since 2005. But the case has acquired urgency lately after the petitioner asked for a quick resolution, either way.

Despite repeated attempts to contact him for a response through calls and SMSes, and despite explaining the story to him on SMS, Modi, though polite, indicated he would not comment.


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