Overview
- The chief minister inaugurated the upgraded A-Class Regional Forensic Science Laboratory in Gorakhpur, a six-storey facility built for Rs 72.78 crore.
- He asserted that the “new Uttar Pradesh” quickly apprehends offenders, claiming criminals are caught within hours and “seen limping in jail.”
- Officials said Uttar Pradesh has expanded from four forensic labs before 2017 to 12 today, with six more under construction and a goal of providing a lab in every commissionerate.
- The government reported deploying two mobile forensic vans in each district and establishing the UP State Institute of Forensic Science in Lucknow to train technicians and offer advanced DNA, cyber and drone capabilities.
- The state cited broader police modernization, including a commissionerate system in seven districts, command-and-control centers with more than 13 lakh CCTV cameras across major cities, and 2.19 lakh police recruits with training capacity expanded more than tenfold.