Filing a police complaint over missing articles or documents, like passport, cheque books and driving license, becomes easy. Mumbai Commissioner of Police (CP) Hemant Nagrale has directed all police stations to stop demanding affidavits from the public in case of lost personal items.

A police officer told mid-day that many a time, people lose their documents while travelling via a public transport or misplace them, and need a copy. “To get a duplicate copy, they have to file a police complaint. But when people come to the police station to make a complaint, they are asked to submit an affidavit from a notary to authenticate their claim.”