Create data-rich platform to benefit investigation officers: Shah to NCRB

Emphasising on the use of technology, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday directed National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and National Informatics Centre (NIC), the technical arm of the Centre, to ensure that alerts are generated for all the criminal cases at predefined stages and timelines right from registration to disposal of the case to benefit victims and complainants.

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Alerts to investigation officers as well as senior officers as per pre-defined timelines would help in expediting the process of investigation, the minister said during a meeting held in the national capital to review the implementation of the three criminal laws in the country.

The Union Home Minister said that NCRB should create a data-rich platform to benefit the investigation officers and other stakeholders in the criminal justice system.

Shah highlighted that a team of officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs and NCRB should visit all the states to increase the adoption of technical projects and assist them in all possible ways.

The Home Minister asked NCRB to facilitate complete implementation of the new criminal laws in the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS 2.0).

Shah emphasised on using of applications like eSakshya, Nyaya Shruti, eSign and eSummons in every state.