Union Minister Rajnath launched 'Digital Police portal'

New Delhi, Aug 22: The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched the 'Digital Police portal' under the CCTNS project here on Monday, meant to create a national database of crimes and criminals.

After the launch, Singh said the portal will allow for registration of online complaints and requests for antecedent verification.

"The police portal will provide 11 kinds of searches and 46 types of reports from the national database for state police and central investigation agencies," he said.

Rajnath singh said the CCTNS portal will provide investigator the complete record history of any criminal from anywhere across the country. He said the software offers Google-type Advance Search engine and analytical reports.

Recently, the software was used to trace few mentally challenged women from Tamil Nadu in Uttarakhand and reunited with their families, he added.