Sexual assault is a violent crime motivated by a desire to hurt and humiliate, not passion. Most rapists are acquaintances of the victim and appear normal. While no one strategy guarantees safety, being aware of one's surroundings and limits can help reduce risk. If assaulted, the goal is escape; passive resistance like persuading the attacker or claiming illness may work, but active resistance like yelling, fighting back, or using weapons should only be used if one is willing and able to do so safely.

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Bussiness out t-sourcing has bec
g come the harbinger of econo
h r omic chan nges
in India! It has also c
h changed the Indian society! With tho
t n ose nocturnal
offic hours and dispo
ce osable income, the youngst
e ter’s zeal to spend the
mon on ha
ney aving good time ha created a cultura imbalance where one
d as al
half has take natural the we
f en lly ncepts of ‘dating’ and ‘living
estern con a g-in’
and remainin other ha is yet to accept these as p
d ng alf t t part of soc norms
cial s.
The allied problem is that liberal be
e p ehavior o a partner is o
of often
mis
sunderstoo as con
od nsent. It also is male chau vinistic approach that
m a
before co
b onsent a woman must resi sts and bit of for
m rce is pa of the consequ
art e uent
agreement Alas! B
a t! Both are farther fro the tru
f om uth. The sharp incr
s rease in th numbe of
he er
sexual ass
s saults reported amp proves this fact.
ply s
Some peo
S ople have the wron idea ab
ng bout sexu assault. They th
ual hink the assailant w
a was
overcome with sexu desire, the victim was dre
o ual m essed too seductive or "asked for it" or
ely ",
that all vic
t ctims want sexua contact!
ted al
These idea assum that sex
T as me xual assau is mot
ult tivated by passion. It isn't. Sexual ass
sault
is a violen crime, a hostile attack, a attemp to hurt and hum
nt an pt miliate. Sex is only the
x
weapon! M
w Motive is t hurt – physically and men
to y ntally. The body sc
e cars take some time to
heal but psychologi
h ical scars take year may be the life tim
rs me!
Ca S B Tyagi, FISM, C
apt F CSC
For ICI
ISS
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 1

2. Sexual asssault is a crime, an it
nd
occurs wit increasi
th ing frequency,
but rema ains the most un nder-
reported ccrime. The is a r
ere rape
victim eve ry sixteen minutes.
A woman is beat
n ten every 18
seconds; t three to fo million are
our
battered e every year. Three ou of
ut
four wome will be the victim of
en ms
at least o one violent crime du
t uring
their lifetim
me.
These sta atistics are repeated in
e d,
countries worldwide. Sexual
assault aw wareness is based on
environme ental alertness.
Remem
mber, alcoh dulls yo reflexe When uncomforta
hol our es. u able, trust y
your instinc
cts!
In over one-half o reported rapes, the rapist is an acquain
r of d e eighbor, frie or relative.
ntance, ne end
Acquai intance rap is less likely to b reported to the au
pe be d uthorities t
than rape by a stran
nger.
Acquai intance rap frequen occurs under circ
pe ntly cumstance where th victim, the attacke or
es he t er
both ha been drinking or are intox
ave o xicated. The victim of an acqu uaintance rape may not
y
recognnize it as a crime or consider the incident as a rape.
c e
You ar a victim of a crime if you ha had un
re e ave nwanted seexual conta Sexua assault is no
act. al s
less se
erious just because you know your as
t w ssailant. Previous se
P exual cont tact with y
your
assaila does not justify or excuse the crime. If you think sexual assault is motivated by
ant o . s d
passion or happens becau the vic
n use ctim asked for or wa
d anted it, lo
ook at the facts. Sexual
assault can happ to anyo - you, your childr
t pen one ren, co-wo
orkers or friiends, or other memb
o bers
of your family.
r
Perhap you thi
ps ink sexual assault happens only in
l o
certain high-risk situations such as hitch
k hhiking,
walking alone at night, or going out s
g g socially alo
one. It's
true that sexual assault ca occur in such situ
an n uations,
but it also takes place in ordinary, seemingl safe
s n ly
places. In fact, about one-third of all rapes occu in or
ur
near th victim's residence About o
he s e. one-half of rapes
f
are b by first or casu ual dates or ro
s omantic
acquaintances.
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 2

3. Imagine a typica rapist. Whom do y
al W you picture A sex-c
e? crazed man A psyc
n? chopath? MMore
often t
than not, t
those stere
eotypes ar wrong. Most rapists don't llook peculiar or beh
re have
strange Mainly they wan to hurt, humiliate and degra anothe human being. Rap
ely. y, nt ade er pists
are not sexually deprived men; mos t have avaailable sex
xual outlets In addit
s. tion, many are
y
married and lea normal lives pr
d ad rior to conviction and often come fro
a om the sa ame
socioecconomic b
background as their v
d victims. Ra
apists may be repeat ters and may continu to
ue
rape un they ar caught.
ntil re
"I thoug I could trust him; I thought he was my friend. I started fee
ght d y s eling uncommfortable, b I
but
ngs. I thought he wo
ignored my feelin
d ould never do anythin to hurt m Sudde
ng me. enly, he wa a
as
strange He was doing som
er. s mething I never thouught he woould be cap pable of - my friend was
raping me." Donn - 20-yea old acqu
na ar uaintance rape surviv
r vor.
Find out about n new friend or acqu
ds uaintances Ask othe who k
s. ers know or ha ave dated the
person Date with friends before acc
n. b cepting a single date Make de
s e. efinite plan in advance.
ns
Don't le
eave a gro setting with a per
oup rson you do know well.
on't w
And communic cate those
e
limits. T your p
Tell partner clea what y intend.
arly you
Establish that a any sexua activity will be a
al
mutual decision. Speak up if you''re getting
. u g
confusing messa ages from your pa
m artner. Bee
forcefu and firm; don't worr about be
ul ry eing polite.
Don't f for line such as "You wo
fall es s ould if you
u
loved me." Consider or practice a pproaches
p s
such a "Stop t
as this! I'm not enjoyin it." Pay
n ng y
your o own way or shar costs to avoid
re d
argume ents such as "You owe me - I spent all
o
this mo oney on yyou." Bewa of par
are rtners whoo
disrega your re
ard equests.
State wh you re
hat eally want t
and ar feeling. Remembe alcohol and other
re er, r
drugs comprom mise your ability to make
r e
decisio
ons. When you say "no", m
n y make your r
message clear. W When you say "yes be sure
u s", e
you knnow what you're ag greeing to. Don't be
. e
embarr rassed to yell, mak a scen or run
ke ne n
away. Don't worr about of
ry ffending yo partner remembe you are being hum
our r; er, e miliated. If you
are unccomfortabl with a date, you c choose to end it. Take your own vehicle or mee at
le can e r et
the des
stination. C
Carry mone for a ph
ey hone call or fare home
r e.
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 3

4. Don't a
assume ot ther people will take care of you or prot
e e y tect you fr
rom harm. Avoid parties
where men great outnumber wome n. Don't ac
tly ccept rides from new made acquaintances.
s wly a
Be carreful when inviting someone t your res
n s to sidence or accepting an invita
r g ation to theirs.
Avoid s
secluded p places whe you are put in a vulnerable position. A
ere e v Acquaintance rapes ooften
occur in a residen
nce.
Believe your inn feeling when y
e ner gs you get uncomfortable about a person or situat
u n tion.
Respon as soon as you fe uncomf
nd n eel fortable!
sault. You should think about t kinds of defense you
Anyone can be a victim of sexual ass
e the o
would be willing to use. In some c
g cases, ressistance ca frighten off or discourage the
an n d
attacke but it ca also lea a rapist to becom more vio
er, an ad t me olent or inc
crease effo to sub
orts bdue
the vict
tim.
Now is the time t consider your optiions; there is little tim to think during an attack. Could
s to e me k n
you rea hurt an acquaintance who tried to hu you? Ar you williing to yell? Are you able
ally n urt re ?
to run? Rememb
? ber, rape is a crime of violence not pass
s e, sion. You'v got to assume th a
ve a hat
rapist is willing to use violence. If you are attack
o u ked, your main conce must always be y
m ern a your
safety.
Becaus all peop and all situations are differ
se ple l s rent, there is no ONE way for you to pro
E otect
yourse People have diff
elf. ferent cappabilities, and you must decid for you
a m de urself the best
defens method for you.
se
The go of passive resist
oal tance is to think and
o
talk yo way ou of the situation. W passive
our ut With
resistance, you c
can:
 Try to calm the attac
m cker. Try to persuade
o
him not to carry out the attack.
t
 Claim to b sick or pregnant. T him you
be p Tell
have a sexxually transmitted dissease. This
may intimidate the attacker.
 Try to dis
scourage him. Prete nd to faint,
h
cry hysterrically, act insane o mentally
t or
incapacita
ated.
 If you're at your residence tell the
e,
attacker a friend is coming o over or tha
at
your spouuse or roo ommate w be bac
will ck
soon.
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 4

5. Active resistance is intend
e ded to dist
tract or te
emporarily injure you attacker to create an
ur r e
opportuunity for e
escape. No
obody can tell you whether or not activ resistan will be the
n w r ve nce
"right" thing to d A decis
do. sion to res active howeve is irrev
sist ely, er, versible. Your goal i to
Y is
escape not to w Here are some pros and cons rega
e, win. a arding the most com mmon type of
es
active rresistance:
 Yelling:
It can surp
prise or frig
ghten an aattacker aw if he fe
way ears peop le will com to help. But
me
yelling won't help in isolated or noisy areas.
r
 Struggling and figh
g hting back
k:
A forcef gle may also
ful strugg
discourage an attack but mo will
e ker, ost
retaliate aand have the poten ntial to
inflict serio injuries. Howeve you
ous er,
must not be afra
t aid to huurt an
attacker. A kicks and blows must
All a s
be forcefu and sho
ul ould be aim
med at
vulnerable areas su as the groin,
e uch
eyes, or innstep.
 Martial arrts:
Special se elf-defense skills su
e uch as
j
judo or karate are poopular. If y are
you
proficient in such techniques they
t s,
can be ver effective But profiiciency
ry e.
requires practice.
 Weapons:
Some peo ople carry weapons such as guns, knive or spra chemica to ward off
g es, ay als d
attackers. Unless yo are train and no afraid to use thes e weapons they can be
ou ned ot o s, n
very danggerous. The attacker might be able to tu them a
r urn against you. Also, so
ome
weapons c cannot legally be car
rried, so ch
heck with lo
ocal law en
nforcement authoritie
es.
If you b
believe you might ge severely hurt defen
u et nding yours or if yo
self ou're afraid to fight back,
d
don't. S
Sexual asssault is still an assau lt and still a crime, even if you do not hav a single cut
l ve e
or bruise. Victim who do not resiist should never feel guilty; it is the assailant who
ms o
commit tted the crime.
 If attacked escape
d,
 If trapped, stay alive
 If assaulte memori details
ed, ize
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 5

6. Crriminals a
are, for th majority of
he y
them, predaators. They behave like a
y
pr
redator. Th stalk and hunt lik a
hey a ke
pr
redator. TThey will attack like a
pr
redator. To understa
o and them one
sim
mply nee eds to lo ook at t their
co
ounterparts in the wild
s d.
When a wo
W wolf, lion, or any o other
an
nimal hun nts its pr rey it usuually
follows a set routin of habits.
ne
Grranted, a lot of preddators hun in
nt
pa
acks (su uch as the be efore
mentioned wolf) the habits will
e
basical remain the same.
lly
pend quite a bit of tim watchin a heard. It will not choose th biggest and
A predator will sp me ng t he
stronge of the heard. It will set its sights on one that is young, inexperien
est w nced, weak or
k,
even o A single hunter has a much better ch
old. h h hance of making a killl if it has the advanta
age.
The saame is true for the human preda ator. This is especiall true of a sexual predator.
ly
How do you defe agains this? Qu ite simply it’s your body langua
o end st age. A lot of it has to do
o
with ho you car yourself If you wa
ow rry f. alked slummped over, eyes down nward, you appear to be
u o
afraid. This show weaknes and just as a lion can sense it, so can a human.
ws ss t
Walk a
and carry yourself with a sen
w nse of connfidence. Look at pe
L eople. If yo can’t b
ou bring
yourse to look them in the eyes, look just over their heads. F
elf t From a short distanc it
ce
appear that you are lookin them in their eyes.
rs ng
Once tthe predat has cho
tor osen its viictim it will attempt to separat it from the rest of the
t te t f
heard. It is very important that you a
attempt to keep yourself near p people. If you are wi a
y ith
group, stay with t group. This is esp
the pecially tru if you ar in an unf
ue re familiar pla
ace.
Do not venture off alone to the re stroom, out to your car, or o of the building with
t r out e
someo one you do know. I have alw
on’t ways heard guys ma fun of women fo going to the
d ake or o
bathroo in a public place in a group . They can laugh all they want. This is a natural instinct
om n . n
and is probably o of your best self- defense to
one r ools.
If you a not with a group stay nea other pe
are p, ar eople. Do your best to avoid places that are
p t
devoid of people Side str
e. reets, alley empty parking garages ar just a few examp
ys, g re f ples.
These are places where th predato knows that you have little o no chan of any
he or t or nce yone
hearing your cries for help if you are a
g i attacked.
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 6

7. Many ttimes after a predato has brou
r or ught down its prey it will move it to another locatio in
n t e on
order to consum it in peace wit
me thout bein disturbed. With human predators Law
ng p
Enforce
ement calls this the Primary Cr
P rime Scene and the Secondary Crime Sc
e S y cene. A perrson
may be attacked in one pla
e ace. Once the victim is subdued the attac
d cker will then move thhem
to anot
ther locatio where th are a llittle freer to carry out whatever intentions they have
on hey t r s e.
If you a attacke in a res
are ed stroom, a p
parking lot, or other public place it is a su bet that the
p e ure t
attacke will attem to move you aw from people and help. It is important that you f
er mpt way p s t fight
and do everythin in your power to k
o ng p keep this frrom happe ening. Try to fight off your attacker
f
and make as m much of a disturbanc as you can when the atta
ce ack first beegins to d
draw
attentio to yours
on self. Yell. Scream. Ru Fight!
S un.
Should you be at
d ttacked an the assa
nd ailant depa the are you nee to GET OUT of th
arts ea ed T here
as fast as you ca Predato in the w may get distracted and lea their prey. They may
t an. ors wild g ave
have thheir fill and walk aw way. Many times the will return to the prey to fin
ey nish what t
they
started Your atta
d. acker may leave. Aft he has gone man times he will begin to think. The
ter ny e n
adrenaaline rush i done an his mind may clea a bit. If he has left you he may think “
is nd d ar ft m “She
can ideentify me” Or he could decid that he wants more. At an rate many times the
”. c de e m ny
attacke will retur to the pr
er rn rey.
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 7

8. The author is arm veteran having more than th
my hree decaddes of coloorful
service in various c
command and staff fun
a nctions. He also had a very long and
e
mentionnable tenur with Inte
re elligence Bureau whe re he was associated in d
inspection and aud of indus
dits strial securit measures undertake by PSU and
ty s en
governmment establ ishments.
An avid reader an d prolific writer, Col Bhatia is no freelance consultan in
w B ow e nt
the field of Indust
d trial Security & Safety Managem ment. He is passiona
ately
involved in efforts for release of Indian POWs held in Pakistan. He can be
d e d n
reached by e-mail a - narindr
d at ra_bhatia@@hotmail.com m
The reecent mass sive black--outs left 6
670 million Indians without pow for two days. Ro
w wer o oads
were g gridlocked, coal mine were tr
ers rapped unnderground hospitals had bee plunged into
d, s en
darkne and millions of tr
ess rain passen ngers were stranded after grids supplying electricit to
e s ty
th st
half of India’s 1.2 billion pe
2 eople collappsed on both 30 an 31 July 2012 for two days at a
nd y
stretch. Stretchin from Ass
ng sam, near China, to the Himala ayas and t northwestern des
the serts
asthan, the outage was the wor to hit In
of Raja e rst ndia in more than a d ecade and embarras
d ssed
the goovernment, which ha failed t build up enough power ca
as to apacity to meet soa aring
deman nd.
“Even before we could figure out the reason for yesterday (30th Ju failure, we had m
y’s uly) more
st
grid fai
ilures the n
next on 31 July),” sa R. N. Nayak, Cha
aid N airman of t state-ru Power Grid
the un
Corpor ration. By t afterno rush-h
the oon hour, only about 40 percent of power was back up and
a p s
streets were clog
s gged with
commu uters tryin to get
ng
home.
By nigghtfall, poower was
back up in th humid
he
capital, New D Delhi and
much of the nor rth, but a
senior official sa only a
aid
third w
was restore in the
ed
rural state of
o Uttar
Pradessh, itself home to
more ppeople than Brazil.
n
It’s ccertainly sshameful.
Power is a ve ery basic
amenit and situa
ty ations like
these should no occur,”
ot Traaffic Jams in the Ca
s apital after the powe failure
r er
said U Unnayan Amitabh,
19, an intern with HSBC ba in New Delhi, as he was giving up o the underground t
h ank w s g on train
system and flagg
m ging down an auto-ric
ckshaw to get home. They talk about big ticket refo
k orms
but can get som
n’t mething as essential a power supply right said anot
as s ther disgus
sted citizen
n.
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 8

9. Hundre of millions of pe
eds eople acros India were left without powe on thes two day in
ss w wer se ys
one of the world's worst bllackouts, t
trapping miners, stra
m anding train travelers and plunging
n s
hospita
als into d darkness
when g grids colla
apsed for
the seecond time in two
e
days.
The c cuts in such a
widesppread area of the
a
world's
s second most
d
populoous nation
appear to be o of the
red one
biggest in histo
t ory, and
hurt Indians' prid as the
de
country seeks to emerge
y o
as a mmajor force on the
e
interna
ational stag
ge.
Train s
stations in Kolkata
n
were swamped a traffic
and
jamme the stre
ed eets after Not a candle li
ight dinne BUT a c
er candle ligh hair cut!
ht
nment
govern offices
closed early in the dilapidaated coast city of 5 million people. Th power failed in so
tal p he f ome
major c hospita and offi building had to fire up dies generat
city als ice gs f sel tors.
The Metro servic came to grinding halt and many com
ces g mmuters wwere struck in 300 tr
k rains
halting in betwee the statio with a ir-condition
en ons ning stoppe Some passenger panicked as
ed. rs
power controlled automatic doors cou not be opened. By mid-eve
c uld B ening, serv
vices had b
been
restore on the N
ed New Delhi metro systtem. Two hundred miners were stranded in three d
h m e d deep
coal sh
hafts in the state of West Benga when the electric elevators stopped working.
e W al eir w
India w forced to buy ext power from the tiny neighboring kingd
was tra dom of Bh
hutan to he it
elp
recove from a blackout that hit m
er t more than 300 millio people. Indians took to so
on . t ocial
networrking sites to ridicule the Unite Progres
e ed ssive Allian (UPA) governme in par for
nce ) ent, rt
promot ting Shinde despite the power c
e cuts.
Power Minister S
Sushil Kum Shinde blamed the system collapse on some states draw
mar e m s wing
more th their s
han share of ele
ectricity fro the ove
om er-burdened grid, but Uttar Prad
t desh's top civil
servant for enerrgy said outdated t
o transmissio lines were at fa
on w ault. Asia's third-largest
econom suffers a peak-h
my s hour powe deficit of about 10 percent, dragging on econo
er o 0 , omic
growth.
What wwas the reeason of Massive Po
M ower blackkout in Ind
dia? Was UP at the heart of
e f the
power crisis that plunged 600 million people ac
6 cross the country into darkness Even as
o s? s the
central governme and ex
ent xperts pouured over the possib reason power officials in
ble ns, the
state d
denied any blame. But as an expert on Industrial Security, I could no rule out
y B ot t the
cyber s
sabotage aangle.
Capt SB TyagiCICISSSept.12
B 9

10. There is cyber w going on betwee Iran and a few other countr
war o en d ries. Chine are known
ese
officiall hacking sensitive sites wor over. Pakistan, North Kore and many countries
ly g rld P rea m
world o over are i indulging in bloodles hidden cyber wa against their adve
i ss ar ersaries. It all
started two years back with Stuxnet, considered the most sophistica
d s h d t ated computer virus e ever
and vir rtually worrld’s first weapon of mass dest
w truction. It is like a laaser guide missile and
ed
compa aring it with older viru like Tro
h us ojan horse and Time Bomb se
e eems comp paring nuc clear
bomb with a cr rude bomb Cyber experts point finger towards the US and Israe in
b. p s el
developing this m malicious program wiith a single purpose of sabotag
p e ging nuclea installat
ar tions
of Iran..
IT expe erts feel thhere are numerous v
n versions of the Stux
o xnet like D uqu and Flame that are
F t
difficult to contro as not all under the contro of peop who c
t ol ol ple created the em. Comp puter
Emergency respo onse Team for India (CERT-IN had issu alert ag
m N) ued gainst thes viruses two
se
years b back but b then it was too lat as more than 80,000 comp
by w te e puters were infected with
e
this virus in India Giving us dubious distinction of the thir most in
a. n rd ountry with this
nfected co
virus and country has suffe
y ered unlimiited losses and many cyber criiminals are trying to t
s y e take
over co ontrol of these viruse
es.
While i investigatio are on to pin poin the caus of the world’s larg
on nt se w gest black out, possibbility
of the Chinese / Pakistani nexus to hit India’s economy and pres
y stige secre canno be
etly ot
ruled o out. Cyber warfare is like che
r emical and biological warfare t
l that are not confined to
geogra aphical bou undaries. Our vital iinstallation like pow
ns wer, oil, nu
uclear facilities, defe
ense
etc. ca be targ
an geted at will in large scale. The US De
w e T efense Ad dvanced Project Age
P ency
(DARP PA) that wwas involve in crea
ed ation of th Internet finds itse unable to cope with
he t elf
hacking The “Sh
g. hadows” investigato as well as “the Dark Visitor a blog th researc
ors r” hat ches
Chines se hacking
activitie have co
es oncluded
that these origin nate from
Chengdu Unive ersity of
Electroonic Scien nce and
Techno ology that has
leashed cyber w world
war
over.
Therefo
ore, the SCADA
(Superrvisory Control
and D Data Acquisition)
also called In ndustrial
Contro System (ICS)
ol ms
can be hacked easily to
e
put coountry likke India
advers
sely in the world’s
e
eyes a soft st
as tate and
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