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Tie-up with Nepal police to help tackle crime

By Prashant Pandey

NEW DELHI JULY 13. There is some good news for the Delhi police as their Nepal counterparts have agreed to share intelligence on crime and criminals with the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Delhi police. The agencies would use Interpol and diplomatic channels to facilitate tracking of drug traffickers, human traffickers, dealers in stolen cars and also for verification of persons seeking jobs in India. These were agreed upon at the end of the third Interpol officers meet held at Kathmandu in Nepal on July 3 and 4.

In what could be a significant step for the Delhi police, it has been agreed upon that the system of verification of antecedents of persons seeking jobs in India required to be "devised as a preventive measure for combating movement of criminals and anti-social elements".

A new pro forma on verifications, which would be used for making request through Interpol channel, has been agreed upon. Sources added that the forms would now contain more specific details of the person being verified and are an improvement over the present servant and tenant verification forms used by the Delhi police. The step, sources added, could be a positive move towards preventing heinous crimes by domestic helps in the Capital.

Another major count on which the Nepal police have agreed to share information is on gangs involved in disposing of stolen vehicles. This might come as big help to the Delhi police who reach a dead-end after finding that the chain of stolen vehicles crossed over to Nepal.

The Delhi police have identified more than 20 big or small groups operating in Nepal who help Delhi gangsters in disposing of stolen vehicles.

It was also agreed that efforts would be made to facilitate questioning of witnesses of a crime living in another country. According to sources, the Interpol had facilitated questioning of witnesses through video conferencing in a western nation. Similarly, efforts are likely to be made in Indo-Nepal cases. Sources added that facilitation of questioning of witnesses would also be ensured if a police team arrives in that country.

The agreements, signed by Deputy Inspector General, CBI, S.P. Singh, and his Nepal counterpart, Kumar Koirala, would take some time before coming into effect as exact modalities are being worked out.

While these agreements have been arrived at in the broader framework of threats of terrorism, the Delhi police have welcomed it. "We can now think of tracing culprits even if they happened to cross the border. Earlier, it was not so," said an officer.

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