About Us
Working of Special Branch
Special Branch is a branch that collects secret information about political events, communal activities, agitations by various organizations and the activities of the Police Commissionerate in order to prevent future law and order problems, to provide advance information to the senior office, to maintain coordination with the senior office, and to handle matters related to public peace and security. It is a branch that receives secret information about the activities of political and various organizations and collects publicly important confidential information and provides it to the senior offices.
It is the duty of the Special Branch to coordinate with the State Intelligence Department and Additional Director General of Police (Law &Order), Secondary Intelligence Department, Police Station In-charge and other branches and send reports to the government.
The work of the Special Branch is carried out under the supervision and guidance of the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters).
Works and Cells of the Special Branch
1) Foreign Citizens Cell To look after the affairs related to foreign citizens residing in the jurisdiction of the Police Commissionerate.
2) Political and Organization Cell - Updating information on geographical structure of police station, sensitive places, industrial areas, updating information on political organizations and their workers and sending reports to seniors from time to time
3) Prohibition orders - The following prohibition orders are issued by the Special Branch through the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) a) Tenant prohibition orders, b) Prohibition orders under Section 37 Sub-sections (1) and (3) of the Maharashtra Police Act 1951 c) Special prohibition orders
4) Protection Cell - Follow-up is done regarding police protection by informing the concerned police station in-charge regarding the provision of paid or free police protection as demanded by the government, semi-government, private organization.
5) Emergency Epidemic Diseases and Similar Epidemic Diseases Cell- Collecting information regarding prevention, treatment and vaccination of epidemic diseases from citizens, police officers and civil servants within the jurisdiction of the Police Commissionerate and submitting it to the seniors.
6) Passport Cell - Indian citizens residing in the jurisdiction of Mira-Bhaindar, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate applied for a new passport or for renewal, the police checks the applicant's identity and fills the verification report online accordingly. After that, the said verification report is sent online to the passport office through this office.
7) Religious/Harmony and Potential Incident Cell - Collecting information regarding Hindus, Muslims, Hindu Gods and Temples, Scheduled Castes, Tribes/Minorities, collecting information on related registered crimes, incidents and sending a report to the seniors.
8) General Duty Cell - Distributing work to all officers and Constables in the Special Branch as per the table.
9) Law and Order Cell - Receiving information in accordance with law and order and making appropriate arrangements and submitting a report on law and order to the seniors.
10) Character Verification Cell - After receiving the cases of character verification report of candidates/applicants employed by government and private offices, the said cases are sent to the concerned police station. After checking the period of residence of the applicant and the information of the crimes registered against them, the verification report is received and the character verification report is sent to the applicant's office.
11) Festivals and Celebrations Cell - Preparing a security plan as per the demand of the police station in order to maintain law and order in the area in connection with various festivals and celebrations and distributing security with the approval of the seniors, preparing a report on the determination of various festivals and celebrations, distributing demand security, issuing instructions, preparing a final report and sending it to the seniors.
12) Paper Cutting Cell - Cut out important news from various newspapers related to Mira-Bhaidar, Vasai-Virar Police Commissionerate daily in terms of law and order and submitting it to the seniors.
13) Election Cell - Performing work related to elections
14) Incoming and outgoing (Baranishi) - Reading the letters received from the seniors and recording them in the incoming and outgoing register and submitting it to the in-charge Police Inspector, Special Branch for review .
Telephone number:- 9821211929
Email ID:- pi.sb.mb-vv@mahapolice.gov.in