Over 70 e-FIRs registered under new criminal law BNSS in J&K: Police

Srinagar, Feb 28: Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered over 70 e-FIRs under new criminal law, Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), officials said today.

A police official said the citizens have been provided with the facility of lodging their complaints in any of the electronic forms like, SMS, email, WhatsApp, Citizen Service Centers, Web Portal/ Internet (Eforms), in addition to verbal, telephonic or written complaints.

“As on date 52 complaints have been received through SMS and Email in different police stations of UT. In addition to the above 64 complaints have been received on Citizen Service Centers and 10 complaints from Web Portal/ Internet (Eforms) and more than 70 such complaints have been converted into FIRs,” said the official.

As per the section 173 BNSS, any complaint (electronic) received by police shall be entered in the records; however, the complainant has to sign that complaint (electronic) within three days, he said.

“With regard to ZERO FIR, so far more than 100 such FIRs have been registered in different Police Stations of UT of J&K. Out of these 83 FIRs were transferred to different police stations outside J&K,” said the official.

The official said as the general public is well aware about the cyber crime trends, checks and balances have been introduced at various levels, so that the facility of eFIR etc. provision can not be misused by any miscreant.