Wednesday, February 24, 2010

retire professor robbed

A retired professor of Jamia Millia Islamia was robbed of nearly Rs 10 lakh. The police suspect her domestic help had helped robbers get into her house. The incident took place around 10.30 am on Monday when Mohini Anjum was alone in her Surya Nagar home and assailants entered the house from the terrace. According to Anjum, an octogenarian, there were six robbers. Four had entered her house from the terrace and two entered with her domestic help, Gulbahar, said.

domestic help

HYDERABAD: A 20-month-old boy, Maheswarlal, was abducted allegedly by a domestic help in Ramanthapur on Monday.

At around 9.30 am, when the boy was crying, the newly-recruited domestic help volunteered to take him out for a walk. When the domestic help did not return with the toddler even after two hours, the boy's father, Ch Harikrishna, became suspicious and went out in search for him. After his futile search, he approached the police and lodged a complaint.

Harikrishna, who has a gas stove repairing business at Gandhi Nagar in Ramanthapur and also drives an auto, had met the domestic help in Koti on Saturday.

Introducing himself as being homeless, Raju had asked Harikrishna to provide him employment. On Sunday morning, Raju started working at Harikrishna's gas repair shop-cum-residence.

On Monday morning, when the boy was crying, Raju told the boy's mother that he would take him out for a few minutes. He went missing with the boy soon after. A case was registered under Section 363 (kidnapping) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Background Checks

I wonder whether we as a individual understand importance of background checks.Though corporates have been getting the employee background checks done for their staff for a long time but i am yet to see this being practiced by individuals.In our homes maids get access to all the private areas,our drivers take our family members around the town but do we ever think about getting their background check done?I wonder whether it is the ignorance or lack of resources or cost which prohibits people from getting the background check done for their domestic help.