Raipur, May 18 -- Chhattisgarh Assembly Speaker Raman Singh hailed the launch of the next-generation CG Dial-112 emergency response service by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, saying that the initiative marks a major step towards strengthening public safety and crime investigation across the state. Minister Shah had also launched a fleet of mobile forensic vans for the Chhattisgarh Police.

The Assembly Speaker said on Monday that the '112' emergency service has been rolled out simultaneously at more than 400 locations across Chhattisgarh, while the mobile forensic vans will help preserve crucial evidence such as fingerprints, blood samples and clothing fibres that are often lost or contaminated soon after a crime scene is c...