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- Forensic evidence is any evidence which can make investigators identify the criminal easily.
- Some major categories of forensic evidence are
- DNA,
- Fingerprints, and
- Bloodstain pattern analysis.
- It is helpful in helping solve the most violent and brutal of cases, as well as completely non-violent issues related to crimes such as fraud and hacking.
Latest News
- 31 August 2022: Delhi Police has become the first police force in the country to make the collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years.
- A forensic mobile van: will be allotted to each district to provide scientific and forensic assistance whenever any need arises.
- These forensic mobile vans shall not be under the administrative control of the police but shall be an independent entity responsible to the court of law.
- The order was issued hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Police Headquarters in Delhi.
- Since Delhi is a Union Territory, its police force is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Source
- The Hindu
