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BHARATPOL Portal Nation
FIVE MAJOR PILLARS OF BHARATPOL
BHARATPOL has five major pillars through which all law enforcement agencies
will have access to technical platforms of assistance.
CONNECT RESOURCE
Through this, all our law enforcement Through this, we will be able to
agencies will essentially function as create a system for receiving and
an extension of INTERPOL's National sending documents and capacity
Central Bureau of Interpol (NCB- building.
New Delhi) in a way.
NOTICE BROADCAST
Quick, secure, and Requests for assistance
systematic communication from 195 countries will be
of requests for Interpol immediately available
notices will also be ensured. to the country through
This will enable a scientific broadcast.
system to identify criminals
in India and around the REFERENCE
world at a fast speed. It will become much easier to seek and give
international assistance for investigations abroad
through Interpol references in 195 countries.
network, issuance of Red Corner Notices, and THE NEW SYSTEM WILL HELP IN DEALING WITH
other notices, other countries will also be able to CRIMES LIKE TERRORISM
act quickly on our requests. The new system will be of great help in dealing
This portal will streamline the processing of with crimes like drug smuggling, arms smuggling,
all requests for international assistance through human trafficking, and cross-border terrorism.
Interpol, including the issuance of red notices State police will be able to share information
and other color-coded Interpol notices. The about such crimes with the police of 195 countries
BHARATPOL portal will become a transformative through the network of BHARATPOL. The
tool for field-level police officers, increasing their biggest benefit from this will be to get access to
efficiency in dealing with crimes and security international data. Under this, 19 types of Interpol
challenges. By facilitating easy and fast access databases will be available to young officers for
to international assistance, BHARATPOL will analysis, setting up crime prevention systems,
strengthen India's efforts to combat international and catching criminals. Through this, new
crimes. Home Minister Amit Shah said that for challenges of cybercrime can also be dealt with in
many years, criminals who commit crimes in a better way and at a faster pace. In the program,
India and flee to other countries of the world have Home Minister Amit Shah also presented police
remained out of the reach of laws. He said that medals to 35 award-winning CBI officers who
now the time has come to use modern systems have been awarded the President's Police Medal
to bring criminals who are out of the reach of the for Distinguished Service and the Union Home
law into the clutches of the law.
Minister Medal for Excellence in Investigation. n
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