Crime Investigation Department (India)

The Crime Investigation Department (अपराध जांच विभाग) (CID) is the investigation and intelligence wing of the Indian State Police.^[1]

Formation and organization

The CID was created by the British Government in 1902, based on the recommendations of the Police Commission. At the entrance of the CID office at Gokhale Marg, Lucknow, there is a portrait of Rai Bahadur Pandit Shambhu Nath, King's Police Medalist (KPM) and Member of British Empire (MBE) with a caption"Father of Indian CID" ^[2][3] In 1929, the CID was split into Special Branch, CID and the Crime Branch (CB-CID).

CID branches

The CID has several branches which work from state to state. These branches include:^[4]

• CB- CID
• Anti-Human Trafficking & Missing Persons Cell
• Anti-Narcotics Cell
• Finger Print Bureau
• CID
• Anti-Terrorism wing

Crime Branch CID

CB-CID is a special wing in the 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 riots, forgery, counterfeiting and cases entrusted to CB-CID by the state government or the High Court.^[5]

References

Law enforcement in India
Cross civil service: Indian Police Service and Indian Revenue Service
Federal police	Andaman and Nicobar Police Border Security Force (BSF) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Chandigarh Police Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) Delhi Police Dadra and Nagar Haveli Police Daman and Diu Police Home Guard Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Lakshadweep Police National Security Guard (NSG) Puducherry Police Railway Protection Force (RPF) Rapid Action Force (RAF) Special Protection Group (SPG)
Federal Intelligence	Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation Investigation Division of the Central Board of Direct Taxes Chief Commissioner of Income Tax Central Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Intelligence Bureau (IB) Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) National Investigation Agency (NIA) Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) National Technical Research Organisation
State police	Andhra Pradesh Police Arunachal Pradesh Police Assam Police Bihar Police Chhattisgarh Police Goa Police Gujarat Police Haryana Police Himachal Pradesh Police Jammu and Kashmir Police Jharkhand Police Karnataka Police Kerala Police Madhya Pradesh Police Maharashtra Police Manipur Police Meghalaya Police Mizoram Police Nagaland Police Odisha Police Punjab Police Rajasthan Police Sikkim Police Tamil Nadu Police Telangana Police Tripura Police Uttar Pradesh Police Uttarakhand Police West Bengal Police
Metropolitan police	Allahabad Police Asansol–Durgapur Police Commissionerate Bangalore City Police Barrackpore Police Commissionerate Bhubaneswar–Cuttack Police Commissionerate Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate Coimbatore City Police Chennai Metropolitan Police Delhi Police Howrah Police Commissionerate Hyderabad City Police Kolkata Police Kochi City Police Kollam City Police Mumbai Police Nagpur Police Nizamabad Police Patna Police Pune Police Siliguri Police Commissionerate Thrissur City Police Thiruvananthapuram City Police

1. ↑ "Jammu & Kashmir Police - CID". Jammu & Kashmir Police. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
2. ↑ "CBCID" (pdf). TN police. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
3. ↑ "CID - History". Maharashtra CID. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
4. ↑ "CID COMPOSITION". Sikkim police. Retrieved 2013-05-27. 
5. ↑ "Crime Branch CID". Kerala police. Retrieved 2013-05-27.