DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a new portal developed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), BHARATPOL, on the lines of the INTERPOL. Shah said the move will help nab criminals who flee abroad.
The new portal will aid all probe agencies in addressing crimes involving border areas and other nations.
He said, “This is the beginning of taking our country’s international investigation into a new era. With the help of BHARATPOL, police will be able to connect itself with Interpol very easily and speed up the investigation.”
“Our new criminal law and its provision of trial in abstention will ensure they are tried in Indian courts. Once they are convicted by Indian court. It will be easier to get them deported or extradited,” he added.
The central probe agency has designed the new cutting-edge online platform that will allow police forces of states and Union Territories and central agencies to seamlessly send their requests seeking information from Interpol on fugitives holed abroad or other affairs, officials said.
The need to develop rapid and real-time international assistance in criminal investigations was felt due to the growing footprint of transnational crimes including cyber-crime, financial crimes, online radicalization, organised crimes, drug trafficking, human trafficking etc, a statement from the Home Ministry said.
“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the central government has taken several important initiatives to strengthen the country’s law enforcement agencies. Bharatpol portal will significantly facilitate Indian Law Enforcement Agencies enabling real-time information sharing for faster access to international police assistance,” it said.
PTI had first reported the setting up of ‘Bharatpol’ portal that will facilitate the working of police forces of states and Union Territories.
The Central Bureau of Investigation is the National Central Bureau of India solely responsible for Interpol-related affairs.
“At the central, state, and Union Territory levels, this coordination is executed through Interpol Liaison Officers (ILOs), who are further linked to Unit Officers (UOs) at the level of Superintendents of Police, Commissioners of Police and Branch Heads, within their respective organisations. Presently, communications among the CBI, ILOs, and UOs primarily rely on letters, emails and faxes,” it said.
The portal will be accessible through its official website, which will bring all the stakeholders on a common platform streamlining the processing of all requests for international assistance through Interpol, including the issuance of Red Notices and other colour-coded Interpol notices, the statement said.
“The Bharatpol portal will become a transformative tool for field-level police officers, enhancing their efficiency in dealing with crimes and security challenges. and faster access to international assistance, it will strengthen India’s efforts in combating transnational crimes,” the statement said.
The project designed and executed by the CBI will cut avoidable delays and result in getting more notices published through Interpol in the future, an officer in the know of developments said.
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