Odisha DGP asks law enforcement officer to enhance conviction rates in criminal activities versus ladies

RELEASED: 09 Sep 2025, 11:01 PM IST
LAST UPDATE: 09 Sep 2025, 11:01 PM IST

Odisha DGP Yogesh Bahadur Khurania on Tuesday asked policemans to take essential procedures to enhance the conviction rates in criminal activities versus ladies.

Dealing with a workshop on ladies’s security here, Khurania stated, “As per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, the conviction rate in crimes against women in the state is about 9.24 per cent, which is far below the national average of 25.3 per cent. We need to bridge this gap with swift investigations and empathetic support to victims.”

The day-long workshop was arranged by the Crime Against Women and Children Wing (CAW&CW) of Odisha Police and was gone to by variety IGPs, DIGs and SPs.

He stated that Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has actually advised Odisha Police to embrace a zero-tolerance policy towards criminal activities versus ladies.

He recommended the law enforcement officer to utilize centers such as short-time examination, absolutely no FIR and e-FIR offered under the 3 brand-new criminal laws– Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS), Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA)– to result in conviction in a brief period of time.

Unique ‘females and kids desks’ have actually been opened in 537 police headquarters throughout the state to keep an eye on criminal offenses versus females and kids, Khurania stated.

To avoid trafficking of females and kids and to trace and revive missing out on individuals, 37 anti-human trafficking systems have actually been established by the CAW&CW, he explained.

Ladies officers have actually been designated as the heads of more than 100 authorities stations in the state, he included.

The DGP provided certificates to the SPs, examining officers, monitoring officers and public district attorneys of 13 districts who had actually taken the lead in rapid conviction of the implicated associated with cases of rape of minors. Out of the 13 cases, in 11, the implicated had actually been sentenced to extensive jail time for 20 years or more.

The SPs, variety IGPs and DIGs have actually been directed to accelerate the examination in such cases by utilizing contemporary clinical methods, devices and send charge sheets.

Later on speaking with press reporters, the DGP stated the federal government has actually assigned funds to support the law enforcement officer in the examination, while extra lorries have actually been supplied to all police headquarters.

Twenty brand-new cyber police headquarters have actually been approved for numerous districts, he stated.

The cops department is taking actions to set up CCTV video cameras a minimum of in the district head office towns in the very first stage, the DGP stated.

Drones will be utilized for seaside security. A procedure has actually likewise begun to hire authorities workers to fill jobs, he included.