Times News Network Varanasi: After turning criminal records of past five years into digital form, the Varanasi police have intensified efforts to keep a check on the crime activities with the launch of ‘Operation Dastak’. Under this drive, the men in khaki will visit the places of each and every criminal to verify their details. The policemen will carry the digital dossier of criminals in their smartphone by downloading the app which is being developed. The commissioner of police A Satish Ganesh said, “We have digitised the records of 157 killers, 51 dacoits, 380 looters, five kidnappers, 518 burglars, 1,164 vehicle lifters, 153 chain snatchers and 338 gangsters. These are the records of those criminals who have remained active in crime world in past five years. Their entire criminal history and personal details have been uploaded with their latest photographs in digital form.” The verification of all these criminals has been started by the police stations concerned by sending police teams at the places of each of the criminals, he said adding that, with the beginning of verification of criminals the process of developing an app is also in progress. This app will be downloaded by the policemen on their phones with given login ID and password, he added. The CP said that as the criminals are changing their style of operation with technological developments, new system for tracking them is also being developed accordingly. This ‘Operation Dastak’ will be conducted in three phases. In initial phase, policemen will reach the place of each criminal for documentation, he said mentioning, this move will build psychological pressure on them. It will be followed by effective action against them, he said adding that with the progress in this operation further details on more professional criminals will be included and updated on this app.