Sunday, October 5, 2008

Planning to get married? Beware!


If you are planning to get married, beware! Private detectives may be keeping an eye on your past and present.

A detective may be keeping an eye on you With matrimonial websites and agencies now becoming more common,parents are increasingly roping in detective agencies to crosscheck the veracity of claims made by prospective grooms and brides. The "investigations" include whether the to-be groom or bride had any "intimate"relationship with anyone, their activities after working hours, educational background and health.


The trend has been increasing like anything where parents are mostly concerned about prospective match's moral character and relationship status, we need for such hired personnel to verify the credentials of prospective better-halves has increased, he said. "Earlier family friends and neighbours frequently actedas middlemen or mediators in the process of matchmaking. As a result the reliability was high.


The trend of independent verification has increased now with more and more websites and agencies coming into play in the business of matchmaking as their clients are being presented in an attractive manner by hiding vital information.


While a clean professional and personal character is what most parents look for, in many cases they also want to know whether the concerned boy or girl was involved with someone. "Moral behaviour on part of the prospective match is of paramount importance to families, who often seek information regarding activities after working hours.


We put the concerned person under constant surveillance and station people to monitor their hang-out joints and late night destinations. We also monitor their associations with friends of opposite sex to get a reasonable view of their behaviour. Not just that, the detectives, also keep a tab on the number of visits made by the person to his or her doctor. The instances of the surveillance yielding negative results are substantial, adding that 20 to 30 per cent of the people scanned fail to cross the "morality metre". "The percentage is really high, where we find boy or girl still maintaining their past relationships after getting engaged. We generally advice prospective in-laws not to go ahead with the alliance based on our findings.