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Volume 67, Number 2 ISSN 0537-2429 April-June 2020

‘Promoting Good Practices and Standards’ The Indian Police Journal Volume 67, Number 2 | April-June, 2020 Board of Reviewers

1. Shri R.K. Raghavan, IPS (Retd.) 13. Shri Ajay Kumar Jain Former Director, CBI Professor, Organisational Behaviour, 2. Shri P.M. Nair Management Development Institute, Chair Prof. TISS, Mumbai Gurugram 3. Shri Vijay Raghavan 14. Shri Balwinder Singh Prof. TISS, Mumbai Former Spl. Director, CBI Former Secretary, CVC 4. Shri N. Ramachandran President, Indian Police Foundation, 15. Shri Nandkumar Saravade New Delhi-110017 CEO, ReBIT & Former CEO, Data Security Council of India (DSCI) 5. Prof. (Dr.) Arvind Verma Dept. of Criminal Justice, 16. Shri M.L. Sharma Indiana University Bloomington, Former Spl. Director, CBI IN 47405 USA 17. Shri S. Balaji 6. Dr. Trinath Mishra, IPS (Retd.) Former Spl. DG, NIA Former Director, CBI 18. Prof. N. Balakrishnan Former DG, CISF & CRPF Hon. Professor 7. Prof. V.S. Mani Super Computer Education & Research Former Prof. JNU Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 8. Shri Rakesh Jaruhar Former Spl. DG, CRPF 19. Shri R.C. Arora DG(Retd.) Former Director (R&D), BPR&D 9. Dr. K. Salim Ali Former Spl. Director, CBI 20. Dr. Upneet Lalli Dy. Director, Institute of Correctional 10. Shri Sanjay Singh, IPS Administration, Chandigarh and ADG & IGP, CID, West Bengal Co-founder of SAFE 11. Dr. K.P.C. Gandhi 21. Shri B.K. Nagla Director of AP Forensic Science Lab Former Professor, MDU Rohtak 12. Dr. J.R. Gaur 22. Dr. A.K. Saxena Former Director, FSL, Shimla (H.P.) Former Professor, SVPNPA, Hyderabad

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The Indian Police Journal Volume 67, Number 2 | April-June, 2020 Editorial Board

Chief Patron Sh. V.S.K. Kaumudi, IPS, DG, BPR&D, MHA, New Delhi

Editor-in-chief Sh. Santosh Mehra, IPS, ADG, BPR&D, MHA, New Delhi

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The Indian Police Journal (IPJ) is the oldest police journal of the country. It is being published since 1954. It is the flagship journal of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), MHA, which is published every quarter of the year. It is circulated through hard copy as well as e-book format. It is circulated to Interpol countries and other parts of the world. IPJ is peer reviewed journal featuring various matters and subjects relating to policing, internal security and allied subjects. Over the years it has evolved as academic journal of the Indian Police providing critical inputs to the stakeholders of policing and internal security.

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