Law to regulate detective agencies on anvil
May 15, 2007 - 8:06:08 PM
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Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the government does not have a regulator in place to monitor the activities of private detective agencies and therefore information about them was minimal.
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By IANS,
[RxPG] New Delhi, May 15 - The government proposes to bring in a law to regulate the functioning of a growing number of private detectives and ensure that they work within the ambit of law and are accountable to a regulatory mechanism.
Over the last five years, the number of detective agencies has quadrupled with no figure on how many operate and whether they have valid licenses.
Many of these agencies are involved in undercover operations and offer their services in business and company surveys, assets verifications, overseas investigations, bank account information, business asset investigation, partner background reports and business asset investigation.
Some of them are into pre- and post-matrimonial services, love affairs, surveillance, divorce cases, confidential photography and video surveillances.
It is learnt that several television news channels also outsource their work through these agencies especially in sting operations.
Minister of State for Home Sriprakash Jaiswal informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply that the government does not have a regulator in place to monitor the activities of private detective agencies and therefore information about them was minimal.
A bill to set up an effective regulator is likely to be introduced in parliament shortly, he added.
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