"Citizen
may please take following precautions regarding suspicious objects"
Improvised
Explosive Devices (IED) can be concealed in common objects like Toys,
Transistors, Lunch Boxes, Hand Bags, Brief Cases, Vehicles etc., which
will be kept/abonded at public places to carry on terrorist activity :
a)
Following precautions to be taken to prevent/minimize damage
Un-claimed/abonded
objects at public places should be viewed suspicious. Do not
touch or try to open it/them..
Cardon
off the area and isolate the object. If possible put sand-bags
around it.
Inform
Police Control Room/local police for verification and further action.
b) For owners/users of cars
Ensure
that you roll up all windows and quarters blasses of the vehicle and
lock up the vehicle every time you park it.
Bonnet
and dickey should also be properly secured.
Before
opening a car door, make sure that its dickey, bonnet, doors have not
been tempered with.
If
there is any suspicion, help of local police should be taken.
c) Individuals
Do
not accept any parcel from strangers.
Sensitize
all your family members, especially children.
d)
Pass on information about the abandoned vehicles, articles etc.,
promptly to the police at the nearest police station or on phone number
100 or crime police help line in major cities at phone number 1090.
DOs
& DO NOTs
Do
not touch the object
Do
not remove unless duty bound.
Do
not open/puncture
Butters
- put protection sandbags on the object
Baffling
- Put matters on/around explosive to minimize blast fragmentation
effect.
Wenting
- Door/Windows open
Evacuate
people to safe distance
Inform
Police/Fire brigade/Hospital and Ambulance.
