Parliamentary affairs ministerShanti Dhariwal told the assembly that the will introduce a law that will make it mandatory for private institutions and commercial establishments in the state to install CCTV cameras and connect the feed to the Abhay Command and Control centre.
Dhariwal said NCRB figures point out that UP ranked No. 1 in cases of violent crimes. He also said between 2017 and 2018, over 30% of complainants had to move to the court to file FIRs, however, the figure was reduced to a mere 16.7% in 2021.
The minister said regular decoy operations were carried out from SP offices at the Police stations to examine the compulsory FIR registration policy.