Police certificates must for guards, drivers, help

Mumbai: The men in khaki will soon visit your housing society to check the antecedents of security guards, drivers and domestic help employed by the residents. Among the documents they will seek is police verification certificates from the native place of those employed. If a society fails to provide the required documents, its members will not be allowed to use the services of those persons.      The decision comes in the wake of the murder of law graduate Pallavi Purkayastha by the security guard of her Wadala building . During the probe, the police found that the accused, Sajjad Ahmed Mughal had furnished false information when he landed the job.      Using the details provided by societies, police will run a background check of the employees. Cops have said the rules on submission of verification certificates to agencies and housing societies apply not only to people hailing from outside but also to those from Mumbai.  KEEP THESE READY  • Biodata of security guards, domestic help, drivers  • Police verification certificates from their native place  • Complete details of those even from Mumbai Cops want CCTV cams in societies  Mumbai: Additional commissioner of police (central region) Praveen Salunke on Saturday said the decision to seek verification certificates from domestic help, guards and drivers is aimed at identifying those who try to conceal their identity while applying for a job. "Also, housing societies and other establishments have been asked to instal CCTV cameras," he said.      Salunke said he has instructed officials of 20 police stations (from Byculla to Kurla) in his jurisdiction to visit housing societies as well as malls, corporate houses and security agencies to collect the background details of their guards and other employees. Other parts of the city, too, will witness a similar exercise.      Additional commissioner (west) Vishwas Nangre-Patil said his region too would witness the drive. "The zonal DCPs collected details of more than 1,000 security guards, domestic help and drivers from the western suburbs after an elderly woman was killed in Juhu last year. Some of these people change their names and hide their antecedents to land a job as they fear they may not land a job if they reveal their details," he said.      Nangre-Patil reiterated that if any security agency was found violating the guidelines, the matter would be taken up with the joint commissioner of police (administration) for suitable action.  DOCUMENT CHECK  BIODATA  Permanent/native address  Residential proof in city  Driving licence/PAN card/ ID proof  Colour photo  POLICE VERIFICATION  Character certificate from cops in native place  Details (if any) of crime record