In the wake of the murder of woman entrepreneur Bachansudha Pattanayak by her security guard Dipti Ranjan Patnaik last week in her house, the Commissionerate Police on Thursday convened a meeting of the owners and proprietors of as many as 53 security agencies of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack (both registered and those who have applied for registration) and directed them to be strict and vigilant when enrolling a person as a security guard for their respective agencies.
“Our main aim is to ensure that the agencies are operating only with due permission and are not violating any conditions of the Private Security Agencies (Regulatoion) Act-2005,” twin-city Commissioner of Police Dr Rajendra Prasad Sharma told media persons after chairing the meeting.”
“We have directed the private security agency owners to ensure a 20-day training to the persons they are taking as security guards as per the Act and verification of their criminal antecedents before deploying them on duty”, he said.
“The owners of the private security agencies should abide by the Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act-2005. They should also ensure proper technical training to the security guards and update them with technical knowledge,” said the Commissioner.Bhubaneswar and Cuttack Deputy Commissioner of police officials, apart from senior officers were present.