By Our Correspondent
CUTTACK/BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Police is constantly endeavouring to use technology to improve transparency in investigation and related processes. In recent past two such initiatives of significance have been launched by Odisha Police.
Digitisation of Special Report case
Serious cases like Murder, Rape, Dacoity, offences under SC & ST POA Act, POCSO Act are treated as Special Report or SR cases. These cases are monitored at the level of SP, Range DIG and Crime Branch/HRPC. Such monitoring mechanism has been developed over a long period of time.
All States have similar mechanism to monitor serious types of cases known as Special Report crimes or Grave crimes.
Odisha Police has digitized the SR files as a result of which now the reports and documents including supervision notes are uploaded in the CCTNS module and monitoring of SR cases has substantially improved. To our knowledge Odisha is first State to digitize the SR Crime records and integrate same with CCTNS.
Odisha Police has started the work of digitisation of Malkhana records. Initially it was run as a pilot project in some districts. Now from 11th August, 2021 we have adopted it for the whole State. The project is at initial stage. This will improve tracking of seized items and their production in court during trial.
