According to the annual report of the ministry for 2020-21, the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) has the data of more than 10.69 lakh sexual offenders in the country, which allows investigating officers to track habitual sex offenders, besides initiating preventive measures against sexual offences.
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It also contains details such as names, addresses, photos, IDs and fingerprint details of the offenders and the registry can be accessed by the law-enforcement agencies to probe sex crimes across the country.
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The annual report said the Bureau of Police Reforms and Development has distributed 14,950 Sexual Assault Evidence Collection (SAEC) kits to the states and Union territories, to facilitate the efficient collection, handling and storage of forensic evidence in cases of sexual assault.
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The NDSO was launched in September 2018 and leverages the Inter Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) platform, aiming at specifically impacting and reducing crime and violence against women through identification of known and habitual sexual offenders.
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For cases of sexual assault, the home ministry has developed the Investigation Tracking System for Sexual Offences (ITSSO) portal for the states and Union territories to track the progress in detection and resolution of sexual offences based on the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) data.
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It is a cloud-based analytics portal that can be used to generate reports and dashboards on ageing of cases and has the ability to flag pendency at the district and police station levels to help expedite resolution. It is available for the law-enforcement agencies with drill-down features starting from the national level up to the FIR level.
