New Delhi, Aug 21 : Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today launched the Digital Police Portal under the CCTNS project here, which will enable the citizens to register FIRs online. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Singh said this Interoperable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) would be a useful resource for all stakeholders, including the policy makers. The portal will initially offer seven Public Delivery Services in 34 States & UTs, like Person and Address Verification of employees, tenants and nurses, permission for hosting Public Events, Lost & Found Articles and Vehicle theft. Besides, it will enable restricted access to law enforcement agencies on topics such as Antecedent Verification and make assessment of FIRs. The Ministry of Home Affairs would undertake steps to integrate the various organs of the Criminal Justice System such as the Police, Courts, Prisons, Prosecution, Forensic Laboratories, Finger Prints and Juvenile Homes with the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) database, he added. Mr Singh said at present out of the 15,398 Police Stations under the CCTNS project, 14,284 Police Stations are using CCTNS software. Out of these, 100 per cent FIRs are being generated under this software in 13,775 Police Stations. He said that out of 15,398 Police Stations across the country, connectivity is enabled at 13,439 Police Stations. Out of 36 States/UTs, 35 States/UTs are sharing CCTNS database containing seven crore records that includes 2.5 crore FIRs, he added. Mr Singh said the portal would provide investigator the complete record history of any criminal from anywhere across the country. He said the software offers Google-type Advance Search engine and analytical reports, offering 11 kinds of search and 44 types of reports. Recently, the software was used to trace few mentally challenged women from Tamil Nadu in Uttarakhand and reunited with their families, he informed. Ministers of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Kiren Rijiju, besides Director, Intelligence Bureau, Rajiv Jain, DGs of CAPFs and senior officers of MHA and NIC were present during the function. Speaking on the occasion, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said the CCTNS portal would form the backbone of the Criminal Justice System and this database would be subsequently linked with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) database on vehicle registrations. Addressing the gathering, OSD, MHA Rajiv Gauba said the CCTNS portal would be a huge game changer, force multiplier and revolutionise the way Police works in the country. He laid stress on the data accuracy and completeness of the database to make it a success. UNI
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