India, July 15 -- In a major boost to statutory digital forensic infrastructure, the Centre has announced five new Examiners of Electronic Evidence, including the elite Special Instruments Wing (SIW) of the Border Security Force (BSF), to strengthen the country's capacity to examine the growing volume of electronic evidence from digital crimes, officials said on Tuesday. Sources said the SIW will handle a specialised arm of electronic evidence -- Drone Forensics. The designation of SIW for drone forensic underscores the increasing importance of drone-related evidence as security agencies confront the unmanned aerial systems for cross-border narcotics and arms smuggling, surveillance and other unlawful operations, the sources said. Also Read - RSS chief Bhagwat to address women on 'contemporary motherhood' in Delhi, Hyderabad The Directorate of Forensic Science Laboratories (DFSL), Mumbai; the National Forensic Science University, Goa; and the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Kolkata, under the Directorate of Forensic Science Services of the Union Ministry of Home Affairs will handle and analyse evidence requiring Computer (Media) Forensics and Mobile Device Forensics. The Jaipur-based Cyber Forensic Division, State Forensic Science Laboratory, will handle Computer (Media) Forensics, excluding Floppy Disk and Mobile Devices Forensics, they said. The Centre has designated these laboratories as Examiners of Electronic Evidence under Section 79A of the Information Technology Act, they said.
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