The Gujarat chief minister said it was time for Indian crime fighters to start using advanced techniques such as DNA profiling and fingerprinting.
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today said a database containing voice samples of criminals and terrorists needs to be created to combat the worldwide menace of terrorism.
"The biggest problem the world is facing today is terrorism," Modi said while inaugurating a conference 'to promote the use of DNA, DVI (disaster victim identification), and fingerprints' organised by Interpol for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) at the Gujarat Forensic Science University.
"Many countries are suffering from the menace of cross-border terrorism," the BJP politician said. "As criminals become more sophisticated, it has become important for the law-enforcement agencies to go for advanced technology for investigating complex crime. The old methods of investigation are useful in conventional crimes, but no longer applicable in sophisticated crimes."
Modi said there are various technologies available now to
intercept and record communication and identify the voices. "It will be appropriate to create a database of voice sample of criminals and terrorists which could help in combating cross-border terrorism," he said.
The chief minister said Interpol could help in developing the software for this purpose.
Modi also asked various experts at the meeting to come up with suggestions to frame a DNA Act for the country.
"In all developed countries, most of the investigations are carried out using DNA profiling and fingerprinting. But in India we are yet to come out with a DNA Act," he said.
"I request all of you to deliberate on this issue of DNA profiling and fingerprinting and come out with certain suggestions which would be useful in framing the DNA Act for the country," he said.
The four-day conference is the first of its kind being organised in Asia.
"The meet is to develop cooperation and collaboration among different countries in order to fight crimes which have no borders now," Olaf Worbes, special officer for DVI at Interpol said.
"We are also looking at enhancing databases of various
Asian countries with regard to fingerprints and DNA profiling," he said. "There is also a need for uniformity in recording these useful data.
"We are also looking at sharing of these databases, which would help in investigation of cross-border crimes and terrorism," Worbes added.
Experts from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will deliberate on various topics, including DNA profiling and fingerprinting techniques used by Interpol and DVI data collection, at the conference.
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