Intelligence chief D Sivanandan is Mumbai Commissioner of Police after Hasan Gafoor's transfer to DG of housing yesterday. What is your priority? Safety of every citizen. The streets should be safe, even for the common man.

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New police commissioner Sivanandan in this file photo</td></tr></tbody></table>What about terror? Terror and safety of a common man on the streets of Mumbai are interrelated. More so after the 26/11 attacks in the city.
What do you think would be preventive measures against future attacks? Beefing up the informers' network. Just as it was done while dealing with the underworld threats in the late 1990s. It also means strengthening methods of technical surveillance. The state intelligence team has been strengthened with the recruitment of permanent cadre recently. They will start delivering results soon. 
Are you satisfied with the existing information network? A little tuning will bring about a synergy between human intelligence and technical surveillance.
Can you explain? Technical surveillance means going beyond tapping and other methods. May be learning from the west.
What about cyber crime? The terror outfits have been increasing using cyber space for committing crime. Terrorists also use emails and other means for communication. We have to improve in these areas.
What about the underworld? The campaign against the underworld began when I was the joint commissioner of police heading the crime branch. Today the underworld is no longer a threat to the common man on the streets.
D Sivanandhan is a 1976 batch IPS. He headed the crime branch between 1998-2000. Film financer Bharat Shah was arrested and an estimated 300 gangsters eliminated during his tenure. He served as Joint Director CBI, Commissioner State Intelligence and Commissioner Thane recently

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Intelligence chief D Sivanandan is Mumbai Commissioner of Police after Hasan Gafoor's transfer to DG of housing yesterday. 

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