Illustrative files · How we workHow a case unfolds.

Challenge

The biodata described a senior role at redacted: a multinational IT firm in Bengaluru and a flat in his name in Gota. The family liked him, but every reference they had been given was a relative.

Approach

1. 01Checked his public professional profiles and the employer’s offices for consistency with the biodata.
2. 02Spoke discreetly with two former colleagues identified through open sources.
3. 03Searched Gujarat land records for the flat in Gota.
4. 04Confirmed each finding with a second source before reporting.

Challenge

The family in Chandkheda had last heard from their son three weeks earlier. A missing-person complaint was registered, but there was no sign of him in Ahmedabad and his friends said little.

Approach

1. 01Gathered recent photographs, friends’ names and his public online activity from the family.
2. 02Found public posts by acquaintances that placed him in redacted: Surat after he left.
3. 03Made field inquiries with a current photograph at places young workers there are known to find rooms and jobs.
4. 04Shared each lead with the investigating officer, with the family’s agreement.

Challenge

A pump manufacturer in Naroda GIDC suspected someone inside was passing on its bid prices, but did not want to unsettle a team of redacted: sixty people by asking openly.

Approach

1. 01Agreed a single point of contact, the promoter, and kept the circle to two people.
2. 02Mapped who saw the final bid figures, and when, for each of the four tenders.
3. 03Examined company-owned laptops and email with the company’s IT vendor, under its IT policy.
4. 04Observed a meeting in a public café on redacted: SG Highway and recorded it with time-stamped photographs.
5. 05Checked the competitor’s directors and their relationships through MCA filings.

Challenge

She had mentioned it to the police informally, but without dates, photographs or a name there was little they could act on, and she had started changing her route every day.

Approach

1. 01Agreed her routine with her, and kept her informed at every step.
2. 02Observed her office and her route home from public places for five working days.
3. 03Documented the man’s presence, timings and vehicle with time-stamped photographs.
4. 04Identified him through lawful sources as redacted: a former colleague.
5. 05Organised the evidence with her advocate for a formal police complaint.

Challenge

A family-owned business in Gandhinagar was negotiating the exit of redacted: a partner. Positions discussed on Monday were being answered by the other side’s lawyers by Wednesday.

Approach

1. 01Asked the client to book us from a personal phone and not to mention the sweep inside the building.
2. 02Swept the boardroom, two cabins and the promoter’s own car after office hours.
3. 03Photographed the device in place before anything was touched.
4. 04Advised on preserving it as evidence for a police complaint.

Challenge

For months he had come home after midnight every Thursday, always with the same explanation: a client dinner on SG Highway. She suspected an affair and did not know who else to ask.

Approach

1. 01Planned surveillance for four consecutive Thursday evenings instead of round-the-clock cover.
2. 02Observed from public places only, on foot and from a vehicle.
3. 03Logged times and places with time-stamped photographs.
4. 04Sent her a short update after each evening.

Challenge

The distributor’s paperwork for the central Gujarat territory was in order, references were glowing, and the company was under pressure to appoint someone before redacted: the next quarter.

Approach

1. 01Checked the firm’s registration, GST status and its directors’ other companies.
2. 02Visited the warehouse address given in Vadodara.
3. 03Spoke discreetly with retailers the distributor had named as existing customers.

Challenge

The placement agency had provided an identity card and a single reference. The family’s daughter lived abroad and wanted something more before leaving her mother in a stranger’s care.

Approach

1. 01Took the caregiver’s written consent and copies of her documents.
2. 02Verified her home address in redacted: Dahod district with a field visit.
3. 03Spoke with two households she had worked in before.
4. 04Searched court records in the districts where she had lived.

Challenge

The couple had bought a plot near redacted: Sanand years earlier. The relative who looked after it had stopped sending photographs, and they could not travel to see it for themselves.

Approach

1. 01Pulled the latest 7/12 extract and revenue entries for the survey number.
2. 02Visited the plot and photographed its boundaries and any structures on it.
3. 03Spoke discreetly with owners of neighbouring plots.
4. 04Searched court records for any dispute involving the land.