Click to play videoBangalore: In the midst of security threats the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has a new client.
The new clients are not some government organisation but IT majors in Bangalore.
To the sound of bugles, 68 personnel of the CISF took charge at their latest post at the Electronic City in Bangalore.
A hub of 158 IT and BPO companies, Electronic City is the second private campus to get CISF guards.
The first was the Infosys campus in Bangalore.
"The campus is very loosely walled, (there are) lot of entries and exits. We are finding ways to regulate, control and even wall these places. In case of any armed attack on any of these organisations or business units, we would be the first responders," CISF IG RK Mishra.
There is an increasing demand for CISF security, specially in the wake of reports that terrorists may target IT companies. Companies say private security guards are not well equipped.
Getting CISF security is quite expensive but more than 100 private companies and organisations have asked for protection from the elite force.
To meet this demand, the CISF plans to recruit 16,000 personnel in the next two months.
The Home Ministry has told CISF officials to treat the IT and power sectors on priority.
"Priority of government is in limited areas. First is IT, then power. The damage potential in the international scene is more because any IT company gets hit, it creates a bad image for the country," said Mishra.
The image-conscious government will soon extend this cover to Wipro, two other tech parks in Bangalore and even the Infosys campus in once-peaceful Mysore.
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