In the backdrop of a rising number of cases in which security guards have been found involved in heinous crimes — including the gang-rape of a woman in Baner on Sunday — mid-day has found that many of the security agencies working in the city may not be registered with the Pune police. Your security, therefore, may be in the hands of the wrong men.

Case in point: Three security guards were arrested for gang-raping a woman in Baner on Sunday. Pic/Mohan Patil

mid-day has learnt that the Pune Police  have stopped issuing licences to security guard service providers, with the last one being granted in January 2013. And it doesn’t end there. Recent scrutiny by police officials has revealed that most of the security agencies were granted licences leniently, due to which they do not follow norms.