The Crime Multi Agency Centre (Cri-MAC) was launched in 2020 by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to share information on crime and criminals 24×7 with various law enforcement agencies and ensure a seamless flow of information among them.
Key highlights
- The application run by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) aims to help in early detection and prevention of crime incidents across the country.
- At least seven States and one Union Territory have given the cold shoulder to Cri-MAC online platform meant to share information and coordinate action among law enforcement agencies on serious criminal incidents, including human trafficking, data show.
- West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Sikkim and Union Territory of Dadra, Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu have not uploaded a single alert on Cri-MAC since the portal was launched in March 2020.
- Delhi, Assam and Haryana uploaded the maximum number of alerts on the portal, which included information on the release of a hardened criminal from jail or an incident of terror, murder, dacoity among others.
