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300 security agencies may lose licences
Ever wondered why the private security guards you see in establishments look too old and weak? Because many private security agencies in the state flout all norms prescribed under The Tamil Nadu Private Security Agencies (regulation) Act 2005 to appoint guards.
Chennai
In a review recently done by Tamil Nadu police, 300 private security agencies were denied renewal of licence and were asked to shut shop.
Police investigation found out that those agencies greased the palms of the officials earlier and managed to operate without following any prescribed norms and renewing their licences. These agencies had appointed elderly and physically unfit people as guards and collected as much as Rs 20,000 to 25,000 per guard from their client company.
But they paid about 10,000 or less to the guards as monthly salary. “During our investigation, we found that about 300 agencies have been operating without proper licences. They failed to adhere to the norms prescribed and had been exploiting both their clients and employees,” a police official attached to the state police told DTNext.
Sources said the officials are supposed to do a background check on each applicant’s criminal antecedents, facility available to run the agency and the training capability of the agency before issuing licence. Instead, they teamed up with the applicants and helped them get licences, sources added.
“Most of these private security agencies are headquartered in Chennai. They have been running the agency without renewing their licence for several years. They do not provide mandatory training to the security personnel and take elderly and physically unfit people as they are cheaper,” the official added.
GUARD STANDARD
As per the Tamil Nadu Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act
- A male guard should be 160 cm in height and have a chest measurement of 80 cm
- Should have a far sight vision of 6/6 and near vision of 0.6/0.6 with or without visual aids
- Should be free from knocking knees and flat foot and should be able to run one kilometre in six minutes
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