LUCKNOW, April 17 -- The use of technology and scientific investigation against criminals in Uttar Pradesh is set to become even more stringent. Under the directives of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, large-scale training of crime scene experts is underway at the Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science (UPSIFS) to modernize policing and make it more result-oriented. Work is progressing rapidly on a plan to train 500 experts in five phases.
So far, 300 experts have already been trained, and the remaining two batches will complete their training soon.
The most significant feature of this initiative is that these trained officers will not keep the knowledge to themselves. Instead, they will return to their respective commissionerat...