Berhampur, Sept. 2: Police here have launched a website www.brahmarakhyak.in to share public views, their suggestions and receive complaints.

Deputy inspector general of police (southern range), Berhampur, Amitav Thakur inaugurated the site yesterday.

"This is a platform designed to contact the district police through all possible means such as phone call, SMS, e-mail and Facebook without revealing the identity of the complainants. The information shared shall be kept strictly confidential. People are welcome to share their views, suggestions and register complain on the portal and those shall immediately be attended to," said Berhampur police superintendent Sarthak Sarangi.

With the advanced mobile technology and the extensive use of smartphones, the website can well be accessed on the move from any 3G network to communicate with Berhampur police.

"The purpose is to disseminate information over Internet, mostly targeting those, who can use this technological advancement to their advantage. Depending on the usage, more features will be added and one mobile App will be developed for everybody to use the facility in a hassle-free manner," said Sarangi.

Sarangi has requested the public to use the website for sharing information on traffic, law and order, corruption, crime and such issues, which they generally do not want to share disclosing their identity.

The website is expected to help many as only a few people visit police station to register their complaints.

"The Berhampur police district was carved out from erstwhile Ganjam in 1984. Now, the people can communicate to the police freely and directly without any hesitation. We are trying to make Berhampur police more responsive, people-friendly and accountable through this website," said Thakur.

"This is not an official website, and the domain name is registered privately," said Sarangi.

"Software engineer Uma Shankar Panda, who is working with Infosys, has developed the site, and one Jashraj Siddharth Das is maintaining it in their private capacities with my permission," Sarangi said.