Missing persons app wins court praise

Source: thehindu.com

The swift action of the police in launching mobile and website applications that allow the general public to register online reports of missing persons, including children, has been praised by the Delhi High Court.

A Bench of Justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal remarked that with the online registration of reports of missing persons, the human interface, which normally causes delay in registration of FIR, could be obviated.

In a status report, the police stated that the web and mobile application (Android based) have been developed by the System Integrator, Tech Mahindra. The Bench was also informed that the police launched the app on September 13.

The apps are available within the ‘Citizen Services’ link on the Delhi Police website — www.delhipolice.nic.in.

Delhi government’s senior standing counsel Rahul Mehra said that the mobile app for Apple phones will be launched within six weeks.

“This court places on record its appreciation for the alacrity with which the Delhi Police has introduced the mobile and web apps for missing persons,” the Bench noted. It was also informed that the Delhi Police will take steps to popularise the applications among the general public.

The HC’s direction for a missing persons app came during a case where the court was informed that a missing girl had been rescued from the home of man who was working as a domestic help in the neighbouring house of the victim.