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Monday, June 16, 2008

Hired a Nepali servant? Do verification on your own

The Delhi Police have never ever sent any request to their counterparts in Nepal to check the antecedents of people from that country working as servants in homes across the Capital.

This revelation, from a top officer in Nepal Police, to some extent dilutes the Delhi Police's servant verification drive, which they claim acts as an effective deterrent to crimes committed by domestic helps. According to estimates of various placement agencies, there are up to 10,000 Nepali citizens working as servants in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and other NCR areas. And there is no way you can check if they are clean.

Devendra Subedi, SP (Crime Branch), Nepal Police, told Hindustan Times that the Delhi Police have never contacted them till date to verify the antecedents of Nepali citizens working as domestic helps in India. "In fact, no Indian police organisation has ever made such a request," he said.


India and Nepal allow each other's citizens to work in their countries without a work permit, an arrangement India does not have with any other country However, there is no arrangement to verify the antecedents of such citizens.

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