Scientific aid for State police approved

By S.Rajendran

BANGALORE, SEPT. 17. The Government has cleared a proposal for the introduction of scientific aid in police stations to ensure a ``comprehensive and conclusive investigation'' of crimes without loss of time. This, in itself, police sources said, will directly correspond to a higher degree of conviction apart from serving as a deterrent to the increasing crime rate.

The Chief Minister, Mr. S.M.Krishna, and the Minister for Home, Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, recently cleared the modernisation plan of the State police pertaining to introduction of scientific kits in the 791 police stations. The project will cost Rs.15 crores and will be part of the modernisation scheme with the expenditure being borne by both the Union and the State governments.

The Director-General and Inspector-General of Police, Mr. V.V.Bhaskar, who has been instrumental in pushing the case for better-equipping the police at the ``cutting edge level'' (police stations) with scientific aid for investigation, told The Hindu here today that police stations would be provided with a kit containing a highly sophisticated camera and other equipment to pick up finger and foot prints and other important clues that should help in the quick detection of crime. Police personnel of all ranks, including the constabulary, would be put through an orientation course by experts of the Forensic Science Laboratories.

Meanwhile, the State Police would recruit scientific experts who would constitute an important part in crime investigation. Owing to poor availability of experts in the State, efforts would be made to recruit experts from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh, and this would include the recruitment of retired experts on contract basis. Efforts would also be made to infuse young blood into the investigation system.

Mr. Bhaskar said as part of the modernisation scheme, the 27 districts and the police commissionerates would be provided with a mobile forensic science laboratory each. A model of the mobile laboratory had been fabricated and approved. Motor vehicles would be purchased and fabricated to suit the requirements of the police.

The State now has one main laboratory in Bangalore and two regional laboratories in Davangere and Mangalore. Three more regional laboratories have been approved to come up in Gulbarga, Belgaum, and Mysore.

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