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Cuttack, March 1: Irregularity in the updating of the database at police stations has hampered the functioning of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS), which was launched by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in 2013 with the aim of make policing more transparent by automating the functions of police stations.
Police are supposed update records of the number of chargesheets, case diaries, post-mortem reports, missing children, most-wanted criminals and stolen vehicles under the project but have failed to do so.
Under the project, police are supposed to provide copies of complaints lodged to the complainants. However, barring police stations under the Commissionerate Police of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, this is not followed.
Besides, the CCTNS project is yet to be introduced at several police stations across the state, though Patnaik had said during the inauguration of the project that it would be fully implemented throughout the state by the end of 2013.
The Chief Minister had launched the project January 12, 2013, at Kendrapara and Angul districts in the first phase. The Centre had allocated Rs 49.76 crore for implementation of the project, while the state government had sanctioned Rs 5.7 crore for infrastructure development at police stations. As 161 police stations did not have dedicated power supply, Rs 5.84 crore was allocated for introducing a solar energy backup system, the sources said.
The government had aimed at providing the service at 581 police stations, 110 offices of sub-divisional police officers (SDPO), seven range offices, 37 police control rooms, 36 police headquarters, commissionerate offices, Crime Branch office and district police headquarters.
Advocate Gadadhara Sahu claimed that the police failed to provide data regarding criminal activities between 1980 and 1990 in the city, which was sought under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, because of the failure of the CCTNS project.
So far, 25,786 police personnel were imparted training in using the latest technologies to track criminals and bring them to book, sources said.
Crime Record Bureau director Sanjib Panda said the project is being launched in phases in districts.
