Nagpur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is set to inaugurate a mobile phone app of 'Maharashtra police citizen portal', prepared by State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), on which one can access the First Information Reports (FIR) filed at any police station provided it is not pertaining to any sensitive case or ones which cannot be placed in public domains.
Fadnavis would also release the data of crime statistics for the year 2015-16 assimilated and analysed by the state CID. Apart from CM, Ministers of states Dr Ranjit Patil (Urban) and Deepak Kesarkar (Rural) would also be present. The Addl chief secretary Sudhir Shrivastav and Maharashtra State Director General of Police Satish Mathur too would be present.
The citizens portal was already activated in the past with around 24 facilities of police services including e-complaints being available. The system enabled one to file a police complaint from anywhere with an electronically generated receipt. The same facility is now being offered through even a mobile app.
According to a senior police official of State CID, the Supreme court's direction has made it mandatory for an officer of the ACP rank to decide which FIRs to be not uploaded in the public domain. "Basically the cases pertaining to exploitations of women and children where there is a question of identity being revealed would not be uploaded. The other cases pertaining to sensitive issues like Naxalites and terrorists which can be harmful for the further investigation," said a senior official. "This is being done to empower citizens and also bettering the image of the police by making the mechanisms more transparent," he said. The FIRs can be viewed only within 90 days of their being uploaded. "The FIRs since 2015 has been uploaded through Crime and Criminal tracking network and system (CCTNS)," said the official.
Apart from the FIRs, the names of the arrested persons and sections invoked against them which earlier can be accessed through portal would be now part of the benefits of the app. The other facilities available would be information on missing persons, stolen mobiles and unidentified dead bodies.
