<p>The Delhi government plans to bring in experts from abroad to seek advice on setting up a world-class forensic lab in the city</p>.<p>. <br /><br />A top functionary in the Home Department said the need for a world-class facility was felt when investigators were forced to seek a foreign lab’s help in Sunanda Pushkar’s death case.<br /><br />“Soon experts from other countries may visit Delhi’s forensic lab at Rohini and suggest steps to upgrade facilities or setting up a new unit,” said an official. <br /><br />The suggestions may also be incorporated at the construction stage Regional Forensic Science Laboratories in sector-21/23 Rohini , Sheikh Sarai and Sayurpur, Mehrauli,” said an official said. <br /><br />The experts will particularly be involved in planning to create cold storage facility for chemistry and DNA division in the existing forensic infrastructure.<br /><br />“A firing range for the Rohini FSL’s ballistic division and a new explosive division with the help of international experts’ help are also being considered,” said an official.<br /><br />The government may consider upgrading the existing facilities to have a full-fledged computer forensic division which may help in cyber crimes and anti-terror operations, he said. <br /><br />A government functionary said the upgradation of facilities will also speed up investigation and court proceedings.<br /><br />“Faster forensic reports will help save time of courts which would be able to use it in other cases for clearing backlog,” he said.<br /><br />Due to limitations of the existing forensic facilities, the Delhi Police were forced to send the final medical and forensic reports of Sunanda Pushkar to a London laboratory for a second opinion.<br /><br />Through the Central Bureau of Investigation, the police involved the Interpol for the analysis of the report.<br /><br />The three-page report was prepared by a panel of three doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which was submitted on December 29, 2014.</p>
<p>The Delhi government plans to bring in experts from abroad to seek advice on setting up a world-class forensic lab in the city</p>.<p>. <br /><br />A top functionary in the Home Department said the need for a world-class facility was felt when investigators were forced to seek a foreign lab’s help in Sunanda Pushkar’s death case.<br /><br />“Soon experts from other countries may visit Delhi’s forensic lab at Rohini and suggest steps to upgrade facilities or setting up a new unit,” said an official. <br /><br />The suggestions may also be incorporated at the construction stage Regional Forensic Science Laboratories in sector-21/23 Rohini , Sheikh Sarai and Sayurpur, Mehrauli,” said an official said. <br /><br />The experts will particularly be involved in planning to create cold storage facility for chemistry and DNA division in the existing forensic infrastructure.<br /><br />“A firing range for the Rohini FSL’s ballistic division and a new explosive division with the help of international experts’ help are also being considered,” said an official.<br /><br />The government may consider upgrading the existing facilities to have a full-fledged computer forensic division which may help in cyber crimes and anti-terror operations, he said. <br /><br />A government functionary said the upgradation of facilities will also speed up investigation and court proceedings.<br /><br />“Faster forensic reports will help save time of courts which would be able to use it in other cases for clearing backlog,” he said.<br /><br />Due to limitations of the existing forensic facilities, the Delhi Police were forced to send the final medical and forensic reports of Sunanda Pushkar to a London laboratory for a second opinion.<br /><br />Through the Central Bureau of Investigation, the police involved the Interpol for the analysis of the report.<br /><br />The three-page report was prepared by a panel of three doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, which was submitted on December 29, 2014.</p>
