Ranchi, Sept. 16 -- A fire broke out in the early hours today at the Jharkhand PoliceHeadquarters in Dhurwa, damaging several systems and equipment at its data centre.
According to officials, the blaze, suspected to have been triggered by a short circuit around 5 a.m., spread through the development section where core functions such as CCTNS, in-house software operations, and the Special Branch's HRMS were housed. More than a dozen computers, air-conditioning units, and some furniture were gutted.
The fire brigade was alerted immediately and reached the site within half an hour. The flames were brought under control by 6.30 a.m. Police said that while hardware and records were affected, critical services and core intranet and public-facin...