- Information relating to serious crime, criminals and other matters of interest to the police is chiefly collected from -(i)special reports, First Information Reports in swindling cases and express letters as laid down in Appendix XV;(ii)special reports received from other provinces;(iii)confessions of convicts;(iv)case histories kept on record in the Criminal Intelligence Bureau;(v)finger-print slips received in the bureau;(vi)notices received for insertion in the "Criminal Intelligence Gazette";(vii)Police Gazettes of other provinces and of Calcutta;(viii)reports on crime and criminals received from officers.Note. - It is also the duty of the Assistant to the Deputy Inspector-General to peruse weekly the gazettes of other provinces, and extract therefrom all matters of interest to the police in Bengal for publication in this province.
