jayprakash.naidu@hindustantimes.comIn the beginning of the month, two class one officers from the Forensic Science Laboratories in Mumbai and Nanded and a staff of five from the Pune forensic lab were posted to the Solapur forensic mini-lab. Maharashtra has eight forensic labs at Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Aurangabad, Nashik, Amravati, Nanded and Kolhapur. The police departments in the rest of the districts in Maharashtra, where there is no forensic lab, sends their forensic samples to these centres. It is important to cut down the travel time and ensure they are preserved properly,” said a forensic official. One of the officials at Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratory at Kalina said, “The government has bought equipment worth ₹5 crore for the lab at Solapur, but as the infrastructure is not ready, it is lying unused.

Source: Hindustan Times June 30, 2019 18:43 UTC