Fieldwork
Surveillance Services in India
Surveillance is the most misunderstood thing we do. It is not following someone indefinitely and hoping. It is observing specific windows, chosen because that is where the question can actually be answered.
What separates useful surveillance from expensive watching
Open-ended observation is how clients end up paying for three weeks that establish nothing. Before any fieldwork we identify the windows in which the behaviour in question would have to occur — particular days, particular hours, particular locations — and concentrate the days there.
The second thing that decides whether surveillance is worth the money is documentation. An observation that is not contemporaneously dated and located is an assertion. The notes, the timing and the recorded provenance of any photograph are what make the output usable — by you, by your advocate, or in an internal process.
Service scope
What this service covers
Everything below is agreed in writing before any work starts.
What is standard practice
- Observation of a subject in public and publicly accessible places
- Documenting movement, timings, locations and meetings
- Photography and video from public vantage points, with provenance recorded
- Vehicle observation and route documentation
- Establishing whether an address is genuinely occupied or used
- Static observation of a premises from a professional position
- Contemporaneous dated field notes forming a chronology
- Multi-operative rotation where the subject is mobile or alert
What you receive
- A dated chronology of movement and meetings
- Time-stamped photographs and video
- Confirmation of addresses actually used
- Vehicle and route documentation
- Daily or interval updates during the operation
- A summary of what the observation establishes
Method
How this service runs
Window analysis
Working out when and where the question can actually be answered, so days are not spent on periods that cannot produce anything.
Operative planning
How many operatives, what rotation, what cover. A mobile or alert subject needs more resource, and we will tell you if the budget does not support it.
Contact protocol
How and when we contact you during the operation, and what we never do. Agreed before the first day.
Observation
Fieldwork with contemporaneous notes and properly documented media.
Daily or interval reporting
At the frequency you choose, so you can stop early if the picture is clear.
Chronology and report
Dated record of what was observed, with an explicit note of what it does and does not establish.
What it costs and how long it takes
₹8,000 – ₹18,000 per field day depending on hours, number of operatives and whether the subject is static or mobile.
Your written quote is fixed after a free scoping call, and it will not change based on what we find. If the budget available does not match what the case genuinely requires, we will tell you that rather than running an underscoped enquiry that cannot answer your question.
Where we run this service
Run by our investigators in every city listed and managed from our Jaipur head office.
Living outside India? See NRI support.
FAQs
Questions about surveillance services
Completely. Our operatives work at a distance, rotate where the budget allows, and never approach the subject or anyone close to them. In 25 years of fieldwork, discretion is the one thing our reputation rests on. If a subject ever appears to become alert, we tell you immediately and recommend pausing rather than pushing.
If you need a single event documented, often two to four days placed in the right window. If you need to establish that something is a routine rather than a one-off — which is usually what carries weight — eight to fifteen days spread across weeks is more realistic. We will tell you if your budget buys too few days to settle the question.
Not on a vehicle you do not own or have professional authority over. Placing a tracker on someone else's vehicle creates criminal and civil exposure for you as well as for us. Physical observation is the professional route.
We tell you immediately. Continuing after a subject has become alert usually wastes your money and can make the situation worse, so our normal recommendation is to pause rather than push. Where the budget allows, rotation substantially reduces this risk.
Where it is professional and practicable, yes, with the date, time and location recorded. We will not promise photographic evidence in advance, because whether a usable image is obtainable depends entirely on the setting — and a promise like that is a sign the agency is selling rather than scoping.
Start with a free scoping call
Describe the situation in a few lines. You will get an honest answer about whether it can be verified, what it would involve and what it would cost — before any commitment.