My letter to Hon Police Commissioner

To                                                                                                                           

Hon. Commissioner of Police

Dr K. Vyankatesham

Nagpur.

Subject: Compulsory Character Certificate/Verification of Security Guards.

Sir,

At the foremost let me Congratulate you for the various initiatives taken by the Police Department concerning the safety, security of the citizens and also the measures taken with regards to the traffic control & regulation.

Sir, majority of the Apartment as well as Independent house owners, nowadays avail the services of Security Agencies round the clock. These Security Agencies and their guards are well aware of all the activities, movements and minor details of those who avail their services. In other words they are in a position to monitor (to a large extent) the movements of their employers. This requires that such security agencies as well as the guards employed by them should be verified beforehand with respect to their background and character. Unfortunately this is not in practice right now. Senior citizens living alone, nuclear families that form a large portion of the city’s population can be easy targets in case persons of doubtful or shoddy character are employed as security guards.  

Sir, we would appreciate if you can kindly take steps to ensure that proper verification and/or submission of Character Certificate becomes mandatory and failure to comply with these measures no one should be permitted to be enrolled/employed as a security guard. This, we feel, will be quite helpful to keep a check on crimes, as information about the whereabouts of employers (Apartment & independent house owners) and their activities would be in trusted hands to a large extent. 

Regards,

Amit Girdhar Heda

Secretary: Consumer Justice Council.

M- 7588630891

CC:

1       Hon. C.M Shri Devendraji Fadnavis.

2     Hon DGP, Shri Mathur Sir.