Haryana Minister Anil Vij catches 'CID officer' for 'spying' outside his office

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Friday caught a 'CID officer' allegedly "spying" outside his office, although the state DGP clarified that such personnel are deployed as per standard procedure to keep an eye on people visiting Ministers.

The incident occurred when Vij was in his office at the Haryana Civil secretariat building late in the afternoon.

The Health Minister, who was having an informal chat with a group of journalists, was told by a member of his personal staff that a man whom they had spotted on many previous occasions wandering outside the office, was again in the premises. The staff had told Vij that when confronted earlier, he had not revealed his identity.

Vij and some of his staff caught the man who identified himself as a CID officer and the Minister asked him "if he had been spying". He informed state DGP Y P Singhal and senior CID officers about the incident.

When contacted, Singhal said, "I told the Minister (Vij) that we deploy security personnel as per standard procedure to keep a watch on people visiting the Ministers." Singhal, however, said that the Minister was not convinced and had already told the assembled media that the person was "spying" on him.

"I told the Minister that he was deployed on security duty. Since, he was not convinced, I have ordered an inquiry by IGP-Security, who will be submitting a report on Monday," the DGP further said.

Vij also brought the incident to the notice of state Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain, whom he called to his office after the incident occurred.