Chandigarh: The Crime and Criminal Tracking System (CCTNS) of Haryana Police has for the record 10th time achieved top raking in the country in tracking crime in 2024, according to the monthly rankings of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Government of India (GoI).
Haryana’s Director General of Police (DGP), Shatrujeet Kapur, has congratulated the entire CCTNS team for achieving this distinction. Since taking over as the DGP in August 2023, several initiatives have been taken in the State Crime Records Bureau (SCRB) to enhance its technical capabilities and improve work processes.
It would not be an exaggerated statement to acknowledge that under DGP Kapur, the SCRB has shown a marked improvement in its working. The records vindicate this as it has secured the first position in the NCRB’s monthly ranking 15 times in the last 17 months.
According to the Director SCRB, Sibash Kabiraj, Haryana Police secured the third position nationwide in August and September 2024 with a score of 99.99 percent, while achieving a perfect score in other months. The objective of developing CCTNS is to create a comprehensive and integrated system for crime investigation and apprehending criminals.
Currently, the state police are utilizing CCTNS for various tasks, including FIR registration, non-cognizable reports, medico-legal cases, missing persons, lost property, missing livestock, foreign registration, C-forms, unclaimed/abandoned property, unidentified/found persons, preventive actions, registration of supervision reports/progress, registration of unidentified dead bodies/unnatural deaths, research-related work, registration of complaints, database services, etc.
CCTNS is used by the police to create a database of crime and criminals. Last year, 54,405 fingerprint data were uploaded in the NAFIS software operated by the SCRB, and matched with the data of the arrested accused and unidentified bodies.
Out of these uploaded fingerprints, 25,400 fingerprint slips matched with NAFIS records, which had previous criminal records. In 2024, approximately 2392 chance prints (samples collected from the scene of the incident) were lifted from the crime scene, out of which 916 chance print data were successfully uploaded and verified on NAFIS.
Haryana Police organized 46 workshops to train police personnel about the NAFIS system. So far, 16 unidentified bodies with previous criminal records have also been identified with the help of the NAFIS system. In 2024, 26 cases were resolved through the NAFIS software, including 6 murder cases.
All police stations in the state have been connected to CCTNS. Currently, FIRs are being written through CCTNS itself. Similarly, the score of the National Cyber Helpline 1930 in the state has been 100 percent on the Pragati Dashboard, which means that the state police are currently taking prompt and effective action on the complaints received on the cyber helpline number.
