With the procurement of a brain-mapping machine, the Delhi Forensic Science Laboratory (DFSL) has become the country’s second most advanced forensic lab — after the Gandhinagar FSL in Gujarat — DFSL director Deepa Verma said on Tuesday.
We have submitted an affidavit in the High Court that the FSL has acquired the brain-mapping machine and can soon accept cases pertaining to deception detection tests, she said.
Earlier, cases in which brain mapping was required were referred to FSL Gandhinagar as it was the country’s only laboratory with the facility. The process was time consuming, leading to high pendency of cases, said a officer, adding that it used to take around three months to get brain mapping done.
“Now, Delhi FSL has its own brain-mapping machine and it will help in timely disposal of cases,” the officer added.
After three months
The brain-mapping machine will be installed in the next few weeks and training of staff will begin soon.
The installation and training will take around three month after which the Delhi FSL will start taking cases for brain mapping.
“The technique of brain mapping tests are being promoted as scientific, more accurate and convincing evidence. Brain-mapping test is forensic investigation and has important clinical, scientific, ethical and legal implications,” said an officer with the FSL.
S.K. Gupta, in-charge of Crime Scene Management, said that having a brain-mapping facility in Delhi would reduce the effort of law enforcement agencies and make criminal proceedings more efficient.
Rajnish Kumar Singh, Assistant PRO, said: “This [brain mapping] is a purely scientific procedure in fact-finding, and will directly help investigating agencies to gather evidence, and thereby increase the rate of prosecution of the guilty and the rate of acquittal of the innocent.”
