BANGALORE: If the police intelligence wing in Bangalore is successful in taking their operations forward, new face recruits of IT firms and start-ups will have to go through a mandatory background check from the police. Police affirmably believe that it is required to eliminate any chances of terrorist activities, reports ET.

Rumours have it that the Ministry of Home Affairs under the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has notified the Karnataka Police of several engineers hailing from a terrorism-linked past have gained entry into the cities IT industry. DCP (Intelligence) Maheshwarappa S said "We plan to send a proposal to Police Commissioner and the DGP requesting them to issue a circular to all start-ups and IT companies in Bangalore. We'll need to check their recruitment lists to do background verification for new employees".

At present, the only compulsory verification is pertained to school staffers and cab drivers. However, up till Sep 21, the city police managed to receive verification of only 13,824 applications from private sector. Commissioner N S Megharikh stated that he is still awaiting the formal proposal from his intelligence wing through which the decision will be made based on the recommendation. 

Police Inspector B Ramakrishna, currently in charge of the background verification unit said "They come from all over the world, and some may have had terrorist links." Police have therefore hinted that with the employment of millions of diversified people in IT, BPO and startup sectors, it is critical to undergo a background check on each one of them. "We have to take this step in the best interests of the society because we are living in a changed world," he added.

If the proposal goes according to plan, newly-recruited professionals will be expected to visit the nearest police station and have their backgrounds verified based on personal and professional details as provided by the employer itself.

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