Crime Patrol–Dastak

Thanks to my sister-in-law I got to know about this show on Sony television called Crime Patrol. For those from Kannada land who are thinking of shows like Crime Dairy and all, no it is not the same, its different.

It is a set of real life solved police cases from all over the country (the emphasis is on real). The crimes range is wide and open it ranges from  murders, rapes, suicides, scams and trafficking. Thanks to YouTube I managed to catch up on a lot of the old episodes of the same. Here are my observations of the same

• Each week the show is really unique, don’t know how long can keep this but great effort 
• The murders and scams in general are highly premeditated and the do not really happen at the spur of the moment
• On the other hand most rape cases are not premeditated
• The cellphone usage (last call made and cell tower location)  is one of the major tools in the hands of the police
• If the Police really want they can crack pretty much any case, watch the episodes and you will agree with me. In some stories one can see that the police run up and down the country to apprehend criminals.
• At the same time if they do not want to then the case will never get solved, until some other sincere officer takes up the case.
• Some stories are heart wrenching while some stories can make your blood boil
• The police informants play a major role in solving lot of the crimes
• In India we definitely need to tighten up on the way we sell the simcards
• Somehow they managed to show all the higher police officials (ex: Police Commissioner and others) in real good light
• They have covered a lot of high profile cases like Geethika suicide case, Delhi rape case, the teacher recruitment scam and so on.
• Some reason the crimes are mostly in regions of UP, MP, Gujarat and Maharashtra. I only wish they covered cases from other states also. 

I would say it is a good show to watch to gain some confidence in the working of Indian police (still don’t have a whole lot of confidence).