Recharge shop owners attempted Women harassments

Lucknow, February 4: In general, we can be seen that, The unknown prank calls were connected to the women only as compared to men.According to a survey, Around 6 lakh complaints received by women s helpline in last 4 yrs, 90% of people pertained to harassment of women over mobile.Recently, one of the shocking issue raised in Lucknow of Uttar Pradesh. It reveals that, the mobile phone numbers of young women are being sold by recharge outlets depending on their age and looks.According to a report, the incident came to light after the women s helpline set up by the chief minister was flooded with complaints regarding harassment over the phone.The numbers are sold starting from Rs 50 for ordinary looking girl, and ranges till Rs 500 for girls who are considered beautiful .The calls, which inadvertently come late at night, start with I want to have a friendship with you .The recharge shop owner passes on the contact of the women who come in to recharge their mobile phones, and also provides fake SIM cards to the miscreants with fake ID cards proofs of other customers, that they have stacked up.There are no requirements or pre-screening processes involved in becoming a registered mobile recharge agent. One merely has to fill a form and deposit a security sum.The police strategy on the matter however, is to catch hold of the erring recharge agents, as they believe jails would overflow if those paying for the numbers were to be arrested. Instead, they are given strict warning not to repeat the offense.Speaking on the matter, Navneet Sekera, Inspector General of police, said, "No crime can be made out (against those who make the phone calls). We have booked three recharge guys so far under Section 467 for dealing in false documents."