Recently the news of brutal murder of an 88 year old woman by her own grandson jolted the entire society and has once again raised the issue of safety and security of senior citizens and women who are vulnerable even in broad daylight. Looking at news papers of major metro cities, it is clearly evident that attacks on the aged have increased enormously in the last couple of years. In most of these cases, culprits have been their long-trusted domestic helps who robbed them of their life's savings and did not spare them either. Similarly ,incidents of abuse and criminal assault against women have also been shamefully high in number. Again, on most of these cases, the culprits were found to be known to the victim, and were their relatives, friends or someone they trusted. There is no surprise that such incidents get media attention for a while but little comes out of it in the long term. There is scant relief for the relatives of the deceased or abused, however apart from a few high-profile cases, the others remain buried