The 1st National Conference of Investigating Agencies was held in New Delhi. The two-day Conference was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.
In order to motivate good quality investigation the Union Home Minister also declared that every year 150-200 medals will be given to good investigators throughout the country. He asked DG, BPR&D to prepare the Standard Operating Procedure for awarding these medals.
The Union Home Minister felt confident that such conference will go a long way in helping the Indian Police Investigation Agencies to deal with the challenges of Terrorist Crimes, Cyber Crimes, Economic and organized crimes.
The Home Minister felt that more researches should be conducted by BPR&D to assist in the investigation.
He also stressed the importance of new legislation and amendments required in laws. In order to strengthen investigation he assured that the results and recommendations of the conference will be considered by the MHA and all necessary action will be taken to implement them.
The agenda of the Conference was:-
• Discuss the latest laws and judgements and their implications for investigation and prosecution.
• Deliberate on new legislation/ criminal law amendments and systematic changes for meeting new challenges in investigation.
• Adoption of latest technology in forensic sciences for expeditious and professional investigation.
• Share best practices followed by different investigation agencies which could be implemented by others.
The two-day conference was attended by more than 100 delegates from States/ Union Territories/ Central Police Organisations who are working in investigation agencies such as Crime Branches/ Economic Offences Wing/ Special Task Force/ etc.
A large number of police officers from the Central Armed Police Forces and other important investigating agencies like Enforcement Directorate/ Central Bureau of Investigation/ Serious Fraud Investigation Office/ Financial Intelligence Unit etc. also attended the conference.
The delegates discussed and deliberated in great detail and formulated the recommendations and resolutions of the conference which will be forwarded to the MHA for implementation and necessary action.
