CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Delhi Police has become the first police force in India to make a collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years. Delhi is a union territory and is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Detailed explanation-2: -Delhi Police has become the first police force in the country to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years. The order was issued on Tuesday hours after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the Police Headquarters.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first recorded use of forensic science to prove guilt comes from medieval China in 1325. A farmer was murdered in his field by a sickle (a common harvesting tool). Investigators gathered all the sickles and laid them out. One attracted flies, proving it was used in the murder.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first police crime laboratory was established in 1910 in Lyon, France, by Edmond Locard. According to Locard’s “exchange principle,” it is impossible for criminals to escape a crime scene without leaving behind trace evidence that can be used to identify them.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tandoor Murder Case (1995) Delhi,38 this was the first criminal case in India solved by the help of forensics.