LUCKNOW, June 16 -- Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna on Tuesday directed officers across the state to prioritise collection of digital evidence, increase the use of e-summons and launch a special drive to dispose of long-pending investigations within the next three months.

Stressing that electronic evidence would become central to criminal investigations under the new criminal laws, the DGP called for improving both the quality and quantity of digital evidence collection.

"E-evidence is the soul of investigation," Krishna said while chairing a virtual statewide crime review meeting with senior police officers. He directed them to make greater use of technology-driven and scientific methods of evidence collec...