New forensic lab rules to boost crime detection, create jobs

Govt to set up more mobile forensic crime scene units  

Shillong, Nov 6: The state government has decided to amend the Meghalaya Forensic Science Laboratory Rules, 2021 for creation of more mobile forensic crime scene units in order to improve crime detection as well as generate more employment. 

The amendment was passed in the cabinet on Tuesday, facilitating creation of more posts in the mobile forensic crime scene units.

“This will facilitate crime detection through mobile units meaning officers will be equipped with vehicles, which will facilitate a faster detection of crimes,” said cabinet minister Paul Lyngdoh while speaking to reporters.

More posts of scientific officers, senior scientific assistants, scientific assistants and laboratory assistants will be created in all the districts. 

“This was necessitated in view of the fact that crime scene detection was not a component of the service rules until the cabinet took up this matter today,” he added. 

Explaining it, secretary in-charge home (police) Cyril Diengdoh said the amendment was brought to service rules to include these new posts for which recruitment process has already started.

“The service rules have to be updated because of the new division in the forensic science directorate called mobile forensic crime scene unit, which will manage the collection of forensic evidence at ground level,” he said.

The amendment was brought in view of the Bharatiya Ngarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which came into force on July 1 this year, making collection of evidence by mobile forensic investigators mandatory in certain heinous crimes. 

Further, Diengdoh said the government has been taking steps over the past few years to ensure that forensic science lab is fully up-to-date. 

In June of last year, the forensic science lab was upgraded to a full-fledged directorate under the home department. Earlier it was functioning under DGP office. 

“Mobile vans are also being procured and some have already been procured. This upgradation is a continuous process,” he said.

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