Amit Shah gave this direction to NCRB to assist investigating officers and other stakeholders in the criminal justice system
The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has been directed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to create a data-rich platform that would support detectives and other criminal justice system players.
Shah gave the order while presiding over a review session with the NCRB in the nation’s capital over the application of three new criminal statutes.
At every level of India, the conference examined the integration of the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS), the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS 2.0), the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS 2.0), and the prisons, courts, prosecution, and forensics.
The conference was attended by the Union Home Secretary, the Director of NCRB, and a number of senior representatives from the Ministry of Home Affairs, NCRB, and NIC.
The Home Minister stressed the usage of apps such as eSakshya, Nyaya Shruti, eSign, and eSummons in every state and Union Territory during the meeting’s discussion, and he requested NCRB to help with the full implementation of new criminal legislation in the ICJS 2.0.
Shah emphasized the use of technology and said that in order to help victims and complainants, notifications should be created for all criminal cases at predetermined stages and durations, from registration to case disposal.
MHA claimed in a statement that “alerts to investigation officers as well as senior officers as per pre-defined timelines will help in expediting the process of investigation,” citing Shah.
In order to boost the adoption of technical projects and help them in every way possible, he also recommended that a group of MHA and NCRB officials go to the states and UTs.
He also underlined the need of maintaining frequent communication with state and UT senior police formations in order to track the development of Crime and CCTNS and ICJS and to give the project a boost.
The Minister went on to say that biometric technology should be used to identify unidentified deceased people and unidentified people who have been discovered.
Additionally, he expressed gratitude for NCRB’s efforts in technical implementation of NAFIS and New Criminal Laws.
