PATNA, June 17 -- Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar on Monday said that the state government had written to the Centre to revive the Fast Track Courts (FTCs), which had remained closed since 2011, to ensure speedy trials in serious crime cases involving murder, robbery, dacoity etc. The move is aimed at reducing the backlog of cases, which stands at over 17 lakh in Bihar's various courts alone. All the courts have thousands of cases pending. The DGP said between 2000 and 2011, there were 178 FTCs and the government was in the process of a proposal for hundreds more, as Bihar also has functional Special POCSO court, SC/ST Court and Special prohibition court. Kumar said 1,172 criminals had been identified under 1,249 police stations and the proposal of attachment of their property had been moved at various levels. At least 239 cases had been sent to SP by the SDPO, while 212 cases were pending at the level of SPs, and 118 cases were under court's consideration. The DGP said orders had been issued in four cases at Muzaffarpur. "Property attachment is important to break the morale of the anti-socials," he said, showing statistics about the fall in the cases of murder from 3,700 in 2004 to 2,500 in 2025. He said, "We are striving to bring murder cases to zero. Therefore, we are strengthening the investigation and trial process. Under Section 107 of the BNS, there is a provision for attachment of property amassed through wrong means through the investigating officer (IO) of any criminal case. Now the process has also been simplified and the accused cannot skip court's proceedings to delay the process," he added. Earlier the property attachment process went to Enforcement Directorate after initiation by the SPs concerned. Now, the IOs gather evidence and issue notice against the accused to give a reply within 14 days. If the accused doesn't turn up before the court, the court will deliver its ex-party decision. Under the government's policy of zero tolerance to corruption, he said, 60 cops had also been so far sent to jail, while over a dozen cops had been caught red-handed....