Send Reports Every 2 Hours: Centre To States On Kolkata Horror Protests

As per the notification, the Home Ministry has directed all state police forces of the country to send reports every two hours via mail, fax or even WhatsApp.

Amid nationwide protests and outrage over a trainee doctor's rape and murder in a Kolkata hospital during her duty hours, the Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a diktat to all states asking them to submit reports on law and order situation every two hours.

As per the notification, the Home Ministry has directed all state police forces of the country to send reports every two hours via mail, fax or even WhatsApp.

"Regarding two hourly law and order situation reports. The competent authority has desired to monitor the law and order situation report of your state/UT against the murder of a trainee woman doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal. Henceforth, a continuous two-hourly law and order situation report in this regard may kindly be sent to the MHA control room by fax/e-mail/WhatsApp from 4 pm today (16/08/24), the MHA reportedly stated.

NDTV has learnt that states have started sending reports, starting August 16.