Lost, Looted and Recovered Firearm database launched to strengthen anti-terror crime effort

Key facts

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched the 'Lost, Looted and Recovered Firearm' database prepared by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
• The database is hosted by the NIA and incorporates inputs from all states, Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir, the North-East, and Naxal-affected regions.
• It serves as a centralised repository for records of government-owned weapons that have been looted, stolen, lost, or recovered from state police forces and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).