SFLAB: Smart FIR Lodging Architecture and Solution Using Blockchain and IPFS Technology

The most crucial smart service suitable for any country is a smart and robust policing system. According to law, for any offense, cognizable or non-cognizable, an FIR has to be lodged with the police station for any further action, exceptional only in some cases. The ratio of cops to people has a sizable gap. The unavailability of police stations nearby, and political influence, among others, cause hindrances to the judicial system. Investigation case file tampering and bribery demands add to the problem list. These issues cause the basic system involved in this, is continuing in the interest of ‘Trust’. Our objective is to build a decentralized application/tool which can be used by the existing police system to deal with the problems aforesaid. Common people and police officers will be treated as equal part-takers in terms of the authority to add information to the blockchain. The FIR details are encrypted, and hash is stored in IPFS, but the catch here is the encryption will be done in a way that necessary details will be revealed for distinguishing complaint A from B, but the complainant or defendant identity is not revealed either to the police officials or to anybody having visibility in the blockchain before FIR lodging. Further, this research work helps to identify real users from spammers following an exhaustive verification check discussed further.