Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has actually flagged “serious lapses” in application of the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) in Odisha.
The CAG has actually performed an IT audit of the CCTNS to assess the efficiency and efficiency of the system from its creation (2013) till March 2023. The findings have actually been released in CAG’s newest report, which was laid before the Assembly on Wednesday night.
The audit has actually exposed personal privacy breaches and lapses in examination and prosecution, consisting of the preparation of charge sheets by officers who were not designated as examining officers (IOs).
There was considerable control failure in implementing sequential sequencing and rational sequencing of actions, leading to illogical and illogical recording of occasions, such as registration of FIR prior to registration of General Diary (GD) entries and recording of arrests and seizures prior to recording of FIRs, it stated.
The audit discovered 2,080 circumstances throughout 217 police headquarters from 2018 to 2023 where charge sheets were prepared by officers not designated as IOs for the cases in concern.
The CAG likewise observed reporting of 5,566 missing out on problems of kids listed below 18 years in the system without registration of FIRs, although it was a requirement and necessary.
In spite of having arrangements in the system for registration and upkeep, 9,642 non-cognisable cases had actually not been taped by 29 police headquarters in CCTNS, the audit discovered.
In 1,631 cases at 405 police headquarters, information of ladies victims and juvenile wrongdoers categorized as delicate were revealed on the resident website, the report stated.
Mentioning another circumstances of such a breach in the system, the CAG discovered that 368 cases were reported as closed. Of these, 190 cases had actually been improperly reported as closed in the report, although the settled charge sheets in these cases had in fact not been forwarded to the worried court.
