RAJSHAHI, Jan 26, 2020 (BSS)- After Dhaka and Chottogram, a new forensic laboratory has been established in Rajshahi aimed at infusing dynamism into the process of identifying criminals, detecting crimes and examining evidence.
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police has
established the laboratory in a four-storey building at Police Line Compound
in the city. All sorts of necessary infrastructural development works have
already been completed and it’s now waiting for opening.
Inspector General of Police Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary is likely to launch
the laboratory on February 3 next and soon after the formal opening it will
go into full operation, said Shahriar Rahman, CID’s Superintendent of Police.
The lab is competent to carry out any chemical examination and
documentation as it is well-equipped with sophisticated equipment of
international standards and highly specialized. Such type of lab will keep a
significant role to explore important evidence to solve different criminal
cases.
Initially, a 40-member team led by an additional superintendent of police
will be deployed at the lab in Rajshahi. The official further said there
would be a ballistics section to examine arms and explosives and also
separate sections to inspect forgeries and counterfeit notes.
Upon launching of the lab, there will no more need to go to Dhaka for
forensic test of the sensational cases in all 16 districts of Rajshahi and
Rangpur divisions.
Previously, it took a long time to get laboratory reports and delayed
investigations and sometimes evidence would be damaged.
The people do not need to go to Dhaka anymore to get laboratory reports
and necessary information sending evidences requires time from one division
to another, leading to delays.
Abdur Rahim, Additional Superintendent of Police in Rajshahi CID’s
forensic department, said the lab will accelerate investigations through
reducing the hassle in the region.
The lab has scopes of spotting chemical, ballistics, handwriting,
fingerprint, micro-analysis, footprint and fake-note.
Of those, there are facilities of testing various items including viscera,
narcotics and acid in chemical laboratory.
A special crime scene unit has been added to the lab to collect evidence
from the scene of crime. There will also be finger and foot print sections
and handwriting analysis and photography sections to match prints collected
and accelerate investigations, the CID officials said.
He added that the forensic lab will play a vital role to unearth the facts
of various sensational cases including the clueless ones through DNA and
cyber testing.
All the branches including fingerprint, handwriting, fake-note,
photography, ballistics, microscopic, and footprint in the laboratory has
been equipped with modern machineries and devices to provide expert opinion
after testing the respective signs and symptoms.