Terror-hit Gujarat to raise special intelligence cadre

8220;The direct recruitment for intelligence operations means these staff will be deputed for intelligence gathering only. They cannot be transfered for policing duty,8221; Singh said.

At present, the state intelligence wing which is under the CID, gets field officers from police force who are transferred back for policing duty after some time.

The move is seen as an attempt to revive the intelligence wing following the recent blasts in Ahmedabad where 55 people were killed and planting of 24 bombs in Surat.

Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil had criticised the failure of state intelligence wing in gathering prior information about the serial blasts in the city.

The state government plans to revamp totally its intelligence wing after the blasts, officials said.

Amid allegations and counter-allegations on the failure of central and state agencies in gathering information about the blasts, this seems to be a step in right direction, they said.