Archive · 27 Jun 2025
Palghar Police Launches Biometric Unit for Crime Investigation
Imagine the police getting a super-powered way to identify people who break the law.
Palghar police in India just got a new tool called MCU.
It lets them collect things like fingerprints, eye scans, and body measurements of people they arrest.
This helps them keep track of who's who, even if someone tries to change their looks.
The new system is better than the old one because it collects more types of information.
The police will keep this information for a long time, 75 years, so they can always know who is who.
It's like giving the police a high-tech memory to solve crimes more effectively.
Palghar police launched a Measurement Collection Unit (MCU) for biometric data collection.
The MCU is established under the Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022.
The unit will collect, store, and analyze physical and biological data of arrested individuals.
This modern system replaces the outdated Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920.
Data will be stored for 75 years to aid in long-term identification.
- Who
- Palghar police and arrested individuals.
- What
- Palghar police launched an MCU to collect biometric data of arrested individuals.
- When
- The launch was announced on June 27th, according to PTI.
- Where
- Palghar, Maharashtra, India.
- Why
- To modernize crime investigation and enhance identification processes.
- Unit Name
- Measurement Collection Unit (MCU)
- Location
- Palghar, Maharashtra
- Data Collected
- Fingerprints, retina scans, body measurements, etc.
- Legal Basis
- Criminal Procedure (Identification) Act 2022
- Data Storage Duration
- 75 years
- Previous Act
- Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920