The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has implemented the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) project, providing equipment to all Districts, Police Commissionerate, State Fingerprint Bureaux, the Central Fingerprint Bureau and Central Law Enforcement Agencies to establish a national repository of criminal fingerprints.

The Fingerprint Identification System of all States/Union Territories have been integrated with NAFIS.

The implementation of NAFIS has led to the creation of a searchable national repository containing 1.06 crore criminal fingerprint records as of 31.10.2024, which are accessible to authorized users across all State/Union Territories. The NAFIS has played a pivotal role in solving complex cases nationwide by matching chance prints found at crime scenes with the central criminal fingerprint database, aiding effective and speedy investigations.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

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