Chandigarh, January 8
Haryana will soon have a separate CID cadre to carry out intelligence gathering operations in a professional manner. While the Centre directed state governments to have separate intelligence mechanisms in place at the Chief Ministers’ conference on internal security, Haryana could well be on its way to becoming the first state in implementing the directions on ground.
Though the idea was mooted by the state government sometime ago and Maharashtra, too, took a cue from the state and began groundwork, technicalities for the creation of a separate cadre, already under way, have gathered more steam after directions from the Centre.
The matter, in its final stages, is likely to be placed before the Cabinet later this month for its approval after which the recruitment process will begin.
Sources said to lend a professional touch to the whole exercise of gathering intelligence, the department top brass under ADGP CID PV Rathee held a meeting to finalise rules for the same.
The CID wing has decided to raise the qualification for the two entry points at the ASI level and at that of the constable. Instead of recruiting 10+2 pass outs, who meet physical standards, the CID cadre will give a chance only to graduates who will have to clear tests to check physical fitness.
Also, at the ASI level, only graduates with 55 per cent and above will be considered. CID personnel in this specialised cadre will be trained and help of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) also be sought in this regard.
“The idea is to recruit people from a cross-section to represent each vocation so that they are equipped to handle any information and know the finer points of their respective fields,” an officer said.
The cops so recruited will get 20 per cent higher pay scales than their counterparts in the regular police force and more incentives. While 75 per cent will be taken by the way of direct recruitment, 25 per cent will be taken from the existing force and given a hike of 15 per cent over their existing salary.
While ASIs will get a job through the Haryana Public Service Commission, constables will be recruited by the department itself. With faster promotion opportunities, the recruits in the cadre will be able to rise till the post of the DSP after which they will be absorbed in the regular force and can be posted out to districts.
“The creation of a separate cadre will help to establish a core competence group that specialises in intelligence gathering. Also, with a cadre different from that of the regular police, the recruits will not be under constant threat of transfer and we will be relieved of the pressure of working on
the new appointee,” the officer added.
The cadre will work independently under the ADGP and have seven Superintendents of Police, seven DSPs, 300 ASIs and 900 plus constables and head constables.
At present, the CID draws its employees from the force and most of the ground workers have no professional training and experience and are sometimes even unable to write
down their findings.
