The primary rule to be followed by any policeman in crime investigation is to suspect the person who complains first.
Generally, the amateur criminals show off their over intelligence by committing some crime and running to the police station to complain either in the status of a witness or victim.
Coming to the investigation related to the temple attacks in Andra Pardesh, the same rule can be applied. Whoever posted first about a particular temple attack can be taken into account.
The following aspects are crucial now:
1. Which TV channel reported about a particular temple attack incident and who called the concerned reporter or the channel owner first. The call log-ins of the suspected can be examined.
2. Who posted about such an incident on facebook first? A mere FB search can help to an extent to make out the list of the suspects.
3. Who posted about such an incident in any whatsapp group? There are many whatsapp groups dedicated to Hindu Dharma, Temples etc. The admins or members of those groups may voluntarily report to the police about who first posted about such an incident in their group. If these groups are really dedicated to Hindu Dharma, they need to help the Police in tracing the suspects and criminals by knowing the origin of particular posts.
4. Suspecting all the workers, trustees and members related to the temples those were attacked and tracing their call-logs of the time when the incident was actually assumed to have happened.
The Intelligence Department may have their way of tracking the criminals. But as a layman, I feel it responsible to share something that comes to my mind in the interest of Hindu Temples and Idols.
Surya Kumar Darbha (Student- Bachelor In Criminal Psychology)
