The Punjab Police has successfully identified 2279 suspects through Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB)'s Hotel Eye application, since its formal launch in January 2016. Hotel Eye is a web based system built by PITB for Punjab Police to log the check-in and checkout in hotels along with personal details of visitors. It was rolled out in phases ie pilot was launched on experimental basis in Lahore in January 2015 live, while upgraded application was formally launched on January 1 2016 and extended throughout the Punjab province.
In 2016, the Hotel Eye identified 1476 persons, among them 1072 with criminal record, eleven (11) 4th scheduler and 393 nominated in different FIRs. During the first 2 months of 2017, the Punjab Police identified 803 persons with police record, among them 512 having criminal record, eight (8) 4th scheduler and 283 nominated in FIRs. This system is being used across Punjab in around 1650 hotels. To-date, 650,000 plus check-ins have been logged in the database.
According to the spokesperson of the PITB, Hotel Eye Software is one of the permanent features of the security process. The system assists police in tracking activities of hotels and it helps for the security of their visitors and also helps the police to organise their data and search any check in details from the data base.