OREANDA-NEWS. The Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh laid foundation stone of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) Complex at Urput village near Guwahati, today. The Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Tarun Gogoi, the Minister of State for Home, Shri Kiren Rijiju were present on the occasion. The Complex will be the first of its kind in the North-Eastern region.

While addressing, Shri Rajnath Singh gave a call to the forensic fraternity to participate and join hands with Government in finding solutions to the problems of North-East region in handling sophisticated crimes and in providing valuable forensic solutions in a time bound manner. The Minister also said that quality forensic science practice should act as a medium to build the nation for a crime free society and play an important role in socio-economic development of the country.

The CFSL Campus will be one of the best state of the art laboratory in the country with equipment and infrastructure facilities in the disciplines of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Explosives, Toxicology, Documents, Ballistics, Forensic Intelligence, Forensic Engineering, DNA, Computer Forensics, Psychology and Narcotic Drugs.