HM Shah asks Central agencies to join CCTNS for effective policing

Home minister Amit Shah said all central agencies should join Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS). Shah said Home Secretary should hold a meeting with all the chiefs of Central agencies in this regard. Speaking at the 37th foundation day celebrations of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)  in New Delhi, the minister said NCRB data should be used by all states to form the yearly strategy for their police force. He said, the data should used for multi purpose and in a multi-dimensional way for crime control.Shah said that 16,390 police stations in the country have been connected on CCTNS, but Central agencies of such as as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) are still not connected with it. All Agencies must join the CCTNS as soon as possible and make data 100 percent complete.

He said the utility of CCTNS is satisfactory in the real sense and the responsibility of implementation of the Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) has also been given to the NCRB, and both these mechanisms should become multifunctional. Along with CCTNS, E-Prison, E-Forensic, E-Prosecution and E-Court in unison form a complete system of the Criminal Justice System, he said. The Union Home Minister said that the target of the second phase of ICJS has been set by the Government of India, with an expenditure of about Rs. 3,500 crore by the year 2026. After its completion, it should be made increasingly useful by using Artificial Intelligence, Block Chain, analytical tools and fingerprint system.  Shah said that NCRB should be prepared and this data should be used for crime control. This would fulfil the purpose of the data. He said NCRB’s data shows crime through the lens of the IPC.