Emphasising on modernization of police, Director General of Police D.M. Awasthi on Friday said it not only ensures prompt probe but also ascertains speedy justice to the victims.
The DGP was addressing a high- power committee meet held here at police headquarters Nava Raipur in which senior police officials of eight states, including Chhattisgarh took part.
Additional Secretary (Police Modernization) of Union Home Ministry, Vivek Bhardwaj presided over the meeting.
Various states with the help of presentation submitted their proposals for modern arms and ammunitions, technical equipments and special software.
Police officials, in the meeting, stressed on the need of modern forensic laboratory, forensic recovery and analysis software. Similarly, they also demanded cyber crime investigation tool kit, thermal imager, internet evidence finder, tower server and firing simulator in a bid to modernize the force.
Official from Union Home Ministry, Bhardwaj, assured in the meeting of sanctioning the proposals given as soon as possible after deliberating on them thoroughly.
The police official of Gujarat, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Nagaland took part in the meeting, along with the state of Chhattisgarh.