India, April 7 -- I've spent over three decades in uniform and watched crime evolve. It has shifted from street-level thuggery to organised syndicates. Now, we face something more insidious: The emergence of borderless crime. A criminal can sit abroad and use a device. Within seconds, they can plant dread in a citizen thousands of kilometres away. No territory. No jurisdiction. No face.

This threat is not distant. It's happening now. Professionals, business people, elected representatives, public figures, and celebrities are all affected. They are shaken by a voice they cannot trace, from a number that vanishes before they can report it. Traditional policing was never designed for such a battlefield. It has changed many times over the pa...