Parents, employers and concerned people will soon get information on a website about sex offenders and others chargesheeted for crimes against women anywhere in the country, as the Home Ministry is planning to make public online names of all such persons.

Steps are afoot to extend the Crimes and Criminals Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project by publication of a list of chargesheeted offenders in cases pertaining to crime against women, Home Minister Rajnath Singh wrote in a special feature issued on the eve of Independence Day.

List of wanted and most-wanted criminals, publication of a list of proclaimed offenders, information on human trafficking and missing persons, accessing legal services will also be part of the online initiative under the CCTNS, he said.

The Home Ministry’s Central Citizen Portal and a central database will provide useful services to the citizens speedily.

The intended services include reporting a crime, passport verification, other kind of police verification and accessing victim compensation fund.

The Home Ministry has initiated steps to set up a Nationwide Emergency Response System to respond to the needs of women in distress across the country.

Department of Telecommunications has already allocated emergency number ‘112’ for this system.

Victims in need or their relatives may contact the ‘112’ system using any mode of communication like landline telephone, mobile phone, SMS, email, chat services, voice over internet and mobile apps etc.