Srinagar: The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has undertaken comprehensive measures to ensure the seamless implementation of the three new criminal laws in the Union Territory. A multi-tiered approach, including administrative oversight, training, and technological integration, is being adopted to facilitate the transition, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, informed the Parliament on Monday.
A Steering Committee, chaired by the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, has been constituted, along with an Empowered Committee under the Director General of Police, to oversee the execution of these legal reforms.
Training programs are being conducted at the Police Academy, Police Training Institutes, District Police Lines, and Battalion Training Centres. To ensure accessibility, the new criminal laws have been translated into Urdu, Dogri, and Kashmiri. Additionally, joint awareness programs are being organized by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in collaboration with other government departments across all 282 blocks, twice a month.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have made all Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) patches, including e-Sakshya, functional. This includes features such as audio-video recording for Investigating Officers (IOs), e-summons, SMS, and email notifications, ensuring efficiency in legal proceedings.
So far, 975 Gazetted Officers, 60,890 police personnel, and 254 Judicial Officers have undergone training on the new laws. Additionally, 191 Master Trainers have been prepared under the Training of Trainers (ToT) program, and 118 personnel have been trained at the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Gandhinagar. The iGoT Karmayogi platform is being utilized extensively, with 50,984 personnel onboard, who have collectively completed 1,21,000 courses, including 1,10,773 on new criminal laws.
To ensure the smooth implementation of the new laws, fortnightly review meetings are conducted by the Chief Secretary, while weekly reviews are undertaken by the Principal Secretary (Home), DGP, and other senior police officials. Reports from these reviews are circulated internally within the Government.
These details were provided by Rai, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
