Home Minister Bala Bachchan has said that a special system has been developed for monitoring of heinous crimes and strengthening the law and order situation. He further said that in view of heinous crimes against women and children, a DNA lab is being opened. Besides, a cyber lab is also proposed in the State, he added.

Bachchan was replying to the discussion on budgetary demands of his department in the State assembly on Friday.

He informed that senior officials are monitoring the crimes and law and order situation at district, division and State levels. In the current fiscal year, so far, 369 cases have been listed in the identified crimes. In different cases, the courts have sentenced 213 accused for lifer and in seven cases, seven persons have been given capital imprisonment. In the identified cases, the conviction rate is 68 per cent, he added.

He stated that to check the road accidents, traffic police have been equipped with breathe analyser and speed radar and to check the road accident, black sports have been identified in districts. Around 1.4 per cent reduction has been registered in the roads accidents in 2019 in comparison to previous year, he said.

The Home Minister stated that the police force in Madhya Pradesh succeeded in conducting Lok Sabha elections peacefully. In the seizure of narcotics substances and gold ornaments, Madhya Pradesh stood second in the country. He also pointed out that the police succeeded in killing two naxalites who carried a reward of Rs 14 lakh on each of them.

He informed that a special drive was launched to search for the missing children in the State. Under this, total 1,054 children were found.