Detectives in India-Read Short Story's.....

It is a grey world in which thousands of private detective agencies operate. They shadow unsuspecting persons, take photographs, make videos, conduct sting operations, plant bugs and other listening devices , hack into computers and eavesdrop into each and every conversation their target may have on his cell phone, including the messages exchanged. 

Many of them have imported high-tech equipment like spy cams and bugs which even government agencies like the Intelligence Bureau and state police forces don't have.

They are much in demand for the services they offer. Pre-matrimonial checks, keeping tabs on cheating spouses, corporate enquirer ranging from due diligence in joint ventures to planting undercover agents in rival companies, political spying - much in demand in the run-up to elections - and counter surveillance services like debugging and sweeping - all of this comes for a price that the information-hungry people are more than willing to pay.

The Association of Private Detectives of India (APDI) has around 1,500 members. Incidentally, the APDI itself is not a registered body.   Among the 300 people that his agency employs, there are retired investigators from IB, Delhi Police and CBI. He says his agency, with an annual turnover of Rs.25 crore, is registered under the Company Law Board.