A Crime Investigation Department (CID) is a branch of the
State Police Services of
India
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responsible for the
investigation of crime, based on the
Criminal Investigation Departments of British police forces.
Formation and organization
The first CID was created by the
British Government
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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 & Missing Persons Cell
* Anti-Narcotics Cell
* Finger Print Bureau
* CID
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Anti-Terrorism squad
Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is a special police force in several states of India including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. In Maharashtra, it is headed by senior of the Indian Police Ser ...
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 (IGP). This branch investigates serious crimes including
murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification (jurisprudence), justification or valid excuse (legal), excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. ("The killing of another person wit ...
,
riot
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Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private. The property targete ...
,
forgery
Forgery is a white-collar crime that generally refers to the false making or material alteration of a legal instrument with the specific intent to defraud anyone (other than themself). Tampering with a certain legal instrument may be forbidd ...
,
counterfeiting
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and cases entrusted to CB-CID by the
state government
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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
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Law enforcement in India
References
{{Law enforcement in India
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Criminal investigation