Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Amit Shah inaugurated the BHARATPOL portal developed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on 07 January 2025.
During the event, Shri Amit Shah also presented police medals to 35 award-winning CBI officers, who were honored with the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and the Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation.
About BHARATPOL Portal:
» BHARATPOL Portal (भारतपोल पोर्टल) will significantly facilitate Indian law enforcement agencies (LEAs) enabling real-time information sharing for faster access to international police assistance.
Five Key Modules of BHARATPOL:
- Connect
- INTERPOL Notices
- References
- Broadcast, and
- Resources
Five key modules of BHARATPOL provide a technological platform to support all our law enforcement agencies.
- Through Connect, all our law enforcement agencies will essentially function as an extension of INTERPOL’s National Central Bureau (NCB-New Delhi).
- The system will ensure quick, secure, and structured transmission of requests for INTERPOL notices, enabling a scientific mechanism to swiftly locate criminals from India and across the globe, within India.
- INTERPOL References from 195 countries will make it much simpler to seek and provide international assistance for investigations abroad.
- Requests for assistance from 195 countries will now be immediately available through the Broadcast
- The Resources module will facilitate the exchange and management of documents and capacity-building initiatives.
Key Points:
» CBI, as the National Central Bureau (NCB-New Delhi) for INTERPOL in India, facilitates international cooperation in criminal matters in collaboration with various agencies across the country, including law enforcement agencies.
- At the Central, State, and Union Territory levels, this coordination is executed through INTERPOL Liaison Officers (ILOs), who are further linked to Unit Officers (UO’s) at the level of Superintendents of Police, Commissioners of Police and Branch Heads, within their respective organizations.
- Presently, communications among the CBI, ILOs, and UOs primarily relies on letters, emails and faxes.
» The growing footprint of transnational crimes including cyber-crime, financial crimes, online radicalization, organized crimes, drug trafficking, human trafficking etc, necessitates rapid and real-time international assistance in criminal investigations.
- To address this challenge, CBI has developed BHARATPOL Portal, accessible through its official website, which will bring all the stakeholders on a common platform.
- ‘BHARATPOL’ network will enable cooperation with 195 countries in combating crimes related with drugs, weapons, human trafficking, and other cross-border offenses.
- ‘BHARATPOL’ will play a significant role in crime control by connecting investigative agencies and the police of all states to the INTERPOL network of 195 countries.
- ‘BHARATPOL’ will have access to 19 types of databases from INTERPOL, which will be helpful in analyzing crimes, preventing them, and apprehending criminals.
- ‘BHARATPOL’ and the three new criminal laws will serve as a strong mechanism to catch fugitives who flee abroad. Through the ‘Trial in Absentia’ provision in the three criminal laws, cases can be conducted in the absence of fugitives and award them sentences.
» The BHARATPOL portal will streamline the processing of all requests for international assistance through INTERPOL, including the issuance of Red Notices and other colour-coded INTERPOL notices.
- The BHARATPOL portal will become a transformative tool for field-level police officers, enhancing their efficiency in dealing with crimes and security challenges.
- By facilitating easier and faster access to international assistance, it will strengthen India’s efforts in combating transnational crimes.