Intelligence cadre: first batch yet to be recruited

“Instead of 500 men being recruited at one go,we have decided to recruit them in batches of 100. This will ensure that there are no problems in terms of promotions of these intelligence officers. The new training school for this cadre in Pune is ready now,” he said.

Soon after the 7/11 serial blasts in the city,the government had announced that 50 per cent of the cadre in the State Intelligence Department (SID) will be recruited as dedicated intelligence officers who will retire from the SID itself in an attempt to strengthen the state police’s intelligence machinery.

The recruitment of head constables and assistant sub-inspectors for this cadre are being done under the supervision of the Commissioner of State Intelligence,while the recruitment of assistant police inspectors and higher ranks will be conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission.

In July,exactly two years after 7/11,former Director General of Police AN Roy had told Newsline that the recruitments of the lower ranks would be completed within a couple of months.

The intelligence cadre will be trained at a special school set up in Pune to complement the existing Special Branch training school in Dadar. The school is the second of its kind in the country after one in Andhra Pradesh. Training modules along the lines of those given by the Intelligence Bureau will be imparted to the recruits at the Pune training facility.