A Crime Investigation Department (CID) is a branch of the
State Police Services The State Police Services (SPS), also simply known as State Police, are the police services under the control of respective state governments of the States and union territories of India.
Recruitment
The recruitment to this service is done by the ...
of
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
responsible for the
investigation of crime, based on the
Criminal Investigation Department
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is the branch of a police force to which most plainclothes detectives belong in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth nations. A force's CID is distinct from its Special Branch (though officers of b ...
s of British police forces.
Formation and organization
The first CID was created by the
British Government in 1902, based on the recommendations of the Indian Police Commission, chaired by
Andrew Fraser. At the entrance of the CID office at Gokhale Marg,
Lucknow
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, there is a portrait of Rai Bahadur Pandit Shambhu Nath, King's Police Medalist (KPM) "Father of Indian CID". In 1929, the CID was split into Special Branch, CID and the Crime Branch (CB-CID).
CID branches
A CID may have several branches from state to state. These branches include:
* CB-CID
*
Anti-Human Trafficking
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& Missing Persons Cell
* Anti-Narcotics Cell
* Finger Print Bureau
* CID
*
Anti-Terrorism squad
Crime Branch CID
CB-CID is a special wing in a CID headed by the
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) and assisted by the
Inspector General of Police
An Inspector General of Police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations. The rank usually refers to the head of a large regional command within a police service, and in many countries refers to the most se ...
(IGP). This branch investigates serious crimes including
murder,
riot,
forgery,
counterfeiting and cases entrusted to CB-CID by the
state government or the
High Court.
In Popular Culture
Based on Mumbai's branch, a television series ''
CID
CID may refer to:
Film
* ''C.I.D.'' (1955 film), an Indian Malayalam film
* ''C.I.D.'' (1956 film), an Indian Hindi film
* ''C. I. D.'' (1965 film), an Indian Telugu film
* ''C.I.D.'' (1990 film), an Indian Hindi film
Television
* ''CID'' ( ...
'' aired on
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* Television sets designed and manufactured by Sony Corporation in Japan
** Trinitron, television hardware brand (196 ...
with a successful run of 20 years.
See also
*
West Bengal CID
*
Law enforcement in India
Indian law is enforced by a number of agencies. Unlike many federal nations, the constitution of India delegates the maintenance of law and order primarily to the states and territories.
At the federal level, some of India's paramilitar ...
References
{{Law enforcement in India
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