Fingerprint kits, blood & semen detection — how mobile forensic vans have boosted crime scene analysis

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Both Chitra and Ravi are part of the Delhi Polices mobile forensics teams that have given a renewed thrust to crime scene investigation..

Working in shifts lasting at least nine hours, the two often travel in a MFV that zips past vehicles on the road to reach crime spots at the earliest for gathering evidence.. Back at the ransacked house, a preliminary search reveals that the burglars had locked theneighbours door from the outside..

Now, all the 15 police districts in Delhi has MFVs equipped with 14 kits for fingerprint-collection, forensic light sources, blood & semen detection, sexual assault investigation, explosives detection, narcotics testing, gunpowder detection, bullet hole testing and arson investigation among others...

From May to November, the vans visited 996 crime spots in North, 917 in East, 743 in Northeast, 926 in Northwest, 2,125 in Dwarka, 2,854 in Southeast, 1,517 in Southwest, 1,221 in Outer, 1,017 in Outer North, and 287 in New Delhi districts...

It has made crime scene investigation easier and will boost conviction rates, Ravi said.. With these kits, we can conduct spot tests to check contamination of the evidence as well...

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