Modern gadgets required to step up investigation by COD:DGP

Hubli, July 13 (UNI) Corps of Detectives (COD) Director General of Police Dr Ajaykumar Singh said today stressed the need for equiping the COD with modern and hi-tech equipments for COD for better investigation of cases.

Talking to newsmen here, he said, out of 600 cases, 300 cases were still pending before the COD. He claimed that success rate in detection of cases has improved a lot this year. Steps were being initiated to expedite the investigation of the pending cases.

Replying to a question, Dr Singh said there were half a dozen cases involving senior government officials, but he refused to give details. He agreed that there was considerable rise in cyber crime, but refused to say or express anything on United Kingdom terror attack and the hard discs recovered from the residence of Kafeel Ahmed, prime accused in the case.

Asserting that there was scope for further improvement in the training of officials attached to COD, he said it was proposed to train officials by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on cyber crimes. And the premier detective agency has agreed to train two to three courses of cyber crime detection to the state personnel.

UNI