CHIDAMBARAM-CRIMINALS 2 LAST

Referring to the Home Ministry's Rs 2,000 crore ambitious
Crime, Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project,
the Home Minister said a conscious decision has been taken to
mandate the NCRB to roll out the CCTNS.
"Through the CCTNS, we intend to create a national
databank of crime and criminals and their biometric profiles,"
he said.
This database will have a handshake with databases of 21
other agencies of the criminal justice system like courts,
jails, immigration and passport authorities, and subsequently,
be extended to other national agencies through the NATGRID so
that terror and crime could be fought more professionally.
"It will also create a mechanism to provide public
services like registration of online complaints, ascertaining
the status of case registered at the police station,
verification of persons etc," he said.
Chidambaram, however, expressed disappointment over the
initial delay in implementation of the CCTNS project. "If we
remain firm, determined and have complete control, it is
possible to limit the slippage in some stages".
The Home Minister said though the initial easy tasks of
the CCTNS project has been completed, the key works were yet
to be done and hoped that the NCRB would be able to do it
efficiently and in time. PTI