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Crime on the rise - Indiranagar & Bengaluru

What was otherwise a normal Tuesday morning, took a nasty turn about two months ago. I was awoken to the news that two cycles were stolen in the middle of the night from my house. Anyone who knows me well enough, knows how much I love cycling and love my cycle in particular. At first, the thought that someone could even have the guts to enter the compound of my house (by jumping over the locked gate) and steal two cycles that were locked was nerve wracking to be honest. After a lot of trouble and completely non-cooperating neighbours, we managed to secure CCTV footage from a neighbouring building and even called the police (who were actually pretty responsive and sent their personel within half an hour of calling). Two months on, although we have a pretty good idea about who did it, we are helpless and have received almost no redressal from the police other than them assuring us that if they found cycles that matched our description, they would whatsapp us the pictures. Two brand new