Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday inaugurated the Digital Forensic Division and the Advanced Equipment Laboratory at the Regional Forensic Science Laboratory (RFSL) in Dharamshala. The new facility, built at a cost of about Rs 3 crore, includes state-of-the-art infrastructure that can extract and analyse data even from damaged mobile phones.
An advanced equipment laboratory, costing around Rs 1.05 crore, has also been set up to support high-precision forensic analysis. The equipment installed in both laboratories is valued at around Rs 1.50 crore. These facilities are likely to boost transparency, reliability and efficiency in forensic investigations across the northern region of Himachal Pradesh.
The Chief Minister said the new division would assist investigating agencies in preserving and examining evidence from crime scenes, particularly in cases where the punishment is seven years or more.
Earlier, the Chief Minister inaugurated the new building of the District Panchayat Resource Centre (DPRC) in Kangra, constructed at a cost of Rs 3.92 crore. He also laid the foundation stone of the DPO staff quarters of Zila Parishad, Kangra, to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2.26 crore.
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh, MLA Suresh Kumar, Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta and Secretary PR&RD C. Paulrasu were also present on the occasion.
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