'Giving repeated missed call to women is stalking, attracts jail term'

September 24, 2014 05:50 pm | Updated 05:50 pm IST - Patna

Give missed calls to women and cool your heels in jail!

CID Inspector-General (IG) (Weaker Section) Arvind Pandey on Tuesday issued a circular to all district Superintendents of Police (SPs) and Government Railway Police (GRP) SPs asking them to ensure that police investigates and takes action in such cases with utmost seriousness.

“Giving repeated missed calls to women is a serious issue.

It makes them feel insecure and robs them of peace of mind. We have decided to count it as a crime of stalking under Section 354D (i) and (ii) of the IPC,” Mr. Pandey said.

Mr. Pandey, however, said that police officials have been told to ignore the matter if missed calls are given once or twice, but crack the whip if they are repeated and with an intention to harass women.

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