Instead of cutting corners by employing guards from private security agencies, companies should hire men of the government-run Maharashtra State Security Corporation (MSSC) for the safety of their employees, additional director general of police (ADG) Jay Jeet Singh has said.
“The MSCC may charge more, but provides the best of guards. We take down details of the security guards, including their biometric features, and also conduct thorough background check. The corporation takes all the welfare measures of the security guards too,” Singh said while addressing about 550 officials of various IT companies during a meeting. The meeting centred around the safety of working women in the corporate sector and was organized by the Pune police. It was attended by police commissioner Rashmi Shukla and joint police commissioner Sunil Ramanand too.
The meeting was organized against the backdrop of the murder of Rasila Raju OP on the Infosys Campus in Hinjewadi. Rasila, who was working alone on the ninth floor of the company, was allegedly strangulated to death by a security guard employed by the company on January 29 this year. Singh said best training is provided to our men on the campuses of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF). “Yes, it is costly but at the same time very reliable. And if one wants to avert crimes on the premises of the private companies, then our services looks are not that expensive. The guards maintain foolproof security arrangements on the campuses of the private establishments,” he added.”The guards employed by the corporation have powers of a police constable and can arrest the suspects or detain the intruders. Thus, instead of hiring from fly-by-night security agencies, one should hire guards from the government agency,” he said.
