Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on May 13 said that fingerprints of all arrested criminals should be recorded under the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS), so that the database can be used optimally.
Addressing a meeting in New Delhi with Puducherry Lieutenant Governor (LG) K Kailashnathan to assess the implementation of three new criminal laws in the Union Territory (UT), Shah said that provisions like e-summons, e-Sakshya, Nyaya Shruti and forensics should be fully implemented as soon as possible.
He said that the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police of the Union Territory of Puducherry should review the progress of implementation of the new criminal laws once a week, the Home Minister every 15 days, and the Lieutenant Governor once a month. National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS), a biometric system used by law enforcement to store and identify individuals based on fingerprints.
