Assam Director General of Police G P Singh instructed all police officers to focus on long pending cases

Assam Director General of Police G P Singh instructed all police officers to focus on long pending cases, to reduce the pendency and to improve upon the percentage of conviction by assisting the Public Prosecutors in conducting the trial, ensuring timely production of witnesses.

Singh conducted a conference along with the Addtional DGP, ClD and other senior officers to review the crime situation district-wise. Matters relating to case pendency, disposal, registration, crime rate as well as conviction rates of all the districts have been analyzed. The reasons for pendency have also been analyzed.

The DGP, Assam instructed all the Additional Superintendent of Police, In-Charge of Crime from all the 36 districts and D.C.P, Crime of City Commissionerate to focus on long pending cases, to reduce the pendency and to improve upon the percentage of conviction by assisting the Public Prosecutors in conducting the trial, ensuring timely production of witnesses etc.


He said that from now on Crime Conference will be conducted every month by CID/Police Headquarters at State level. Those districts which are under performing will have to make a presentation explaining the reasons for their under-performance. The districts have been directed to have a re-look at the old un-detected pending cases, work on Man Missing Reports, take the assistance of VDPs in gathering information about crime in rural areas and to complete the investigation of cases within 3 months. Instructions have also been issued for effective use of scientific aids in investigation and for digitalization of records.