Overview
- The Director General of Police issued appointment orders for 57 newly recruited forensic experts on Monday, formally increasing TGFSL’s scientific staff.
- The intake is heavily qualified with 35 PhD holders, 12 MSc graduates, five MTech graduates and three MCA graduates to strengthen technical capacity.
- Officials said the recruitment responds to a sustained high workload, noting TGFSL has consistently disposed of over 80% of cases despite having one of the highest cases-per-expert rates in the country.
- TGFSL said it now has expanded capabilities in DNA analysis, computer forensics, narcotics and toxicology, and it holds NABL accreditation plus designation as a Government Examiner of Electronic Evidence under Section 79A of the IT Act.
- Police leaders pledged further training, equipment and infrastructure support to speed legally robust forensic reporting, and coverage shows an unresolved discrepancy in reported 2025 case totals that the lab has not yet clarified.