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
enquiries 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.
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