Private detectives, fiction writers and film producers would have it, are required to solve complex whodunit cases. The reality actually is much simpler. Private detectives are required for routine checking cases and fact finding assignments, in which there is no need to play Sherlock Holmes.
Private detectives, for example, can be used to check the credentials of a candidate whom a company wants to hire. If a company wants to acquire another company, private detectives can be used to get thorough information about the company being acquired.
Do you suspect your business partner of making deals behind your back? Or your employee of selling information to your rivals? Well the only way to find out for sure is to put a private eye on their tracks.
But given that your quarry is no street hoodlum, but an educated professional, it is necessary that the methods you employ are equally sophisticated. For this purpose detectives may use what is called ‘tech-int’ or technical intelligence gathered through phone tapping, net surveillance, or surveillance through close circuit cameras etc.
At other times, detectives may have to go the ‘human-int’ way, by actually putting a man on the tail of the person. Such an operation, where the detective shadows his quarry are called undercover operations. These operations can be very tricky and dangerous as the stakes are very high.
You can use private investigation services for more ‘private’ purposes too. For example, to check out the guy dating your daughter, or the girl your son is going out with.
Another very important area where a private detective agency plays a part is in finding out information for cases under trial, and testifying to the same in the court.
Good private agencies, operating in Delhi and other metro cities like Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata, can give you exact and reliable information, while bad detectives can lead you to wrong conclusions. Therefore it is necessary to pick the right private eye.
Normally private eyes are people who have retired from active service in security agencies but wish to continue the work that they were doing. It provides them with an occupation in their otherwise free time, and supplements their incomes.
But obviously all private detectives are not equally qualified. Therefore go through their past record carefully before hiring a detective agency.
As mentioned above, private detectives may have to employ both technical and human resources to catch their quarry. Therefore it is necessary to pick an agency that is able to mount both sort of operation. Private investigation services based in Delhi, given that it is the capital city, have to be little more careful than other across the country.