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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicForensic investigation

Topic: Forensic investigation

Police used brain forensics in 700 cases even though it’s banned as court evidence

As India’s criminal justice system grapples with how to use BEOS, the government has made forensic sciences a top national priority. The country aims to have at least 150,000 forensic experts by 2028.

Charred remains to make DNA matching in Air India crash challenging, says forensic university in Gujarat

National Forensic Sciences University has collected 200 DNA samples from family members of deceased & bodies on the ground.

How Kolkata court relied on forensic evidence to convict Sanjay Roy in RG Kar rape-murder case

Sentencing Roy to life in prison, a Kolkata court said Monday that the case didn’t meet the criteria to be classified as ‘rarest of rare’, and therefore, did not merit death penalty.

CBI to seek AIIMS help on DNA to build watertight case in Kolkata rape-murder

Expert opinion will help the agency ascertain if main accused Sanjay Roy was the only one to commit the crime or whether there were others.

New criminal laws are betting on DNA fingerprinting. India must prepare to offset risks

DNA fingerprinting involves creating a profile of an individual’s genetic make-up. This throws up various legal, quality control, privacy, and human rights issues.

Remember ‘Bois Locker Room’? Trial in 2020 case yet to start, forensic report on mobiles awaited

Instagram Group, allegedly involving teenage boys from prominent South Delhi schools, was reported for 'criminal & obscene' content 3 years ago & members were questioned.

How Modi brainchild National Forensic Science University cracks it all — crime to infidelity

Inside National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Gandhinagar, a focal point of Modi government’s efforts to sharpen forensic science in India and boost crime-solving.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.