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‘Clue’less Hyderabad cops find going tough

Hyd commissionerate has to tackle cases from 63 police stations with just a single team.

Hyderabad: Crime investigation has become difficult for city cops as adequate Clues teams are not available. Though Cyberabad police has clues teams for all zones, the Hyderabad commissionerate has to tackle cases from 63 police stations with just a single team.

Though three years have passed after a proposal was submitted to set up 27 Clues teams in both commissionrates higher officials are still ‘clueless’ about it.

Sources from the Central Crime Station said that the six member Clues team has to work 24 hours on all days of the week. When major crimes happen simultaneously in the city, investigation officers have to wait for the Clues team for hours to arrive at the spot.

Experts say there is a very high possibility of the crime scene getting contaminated by the time the Clues team reaches the scene which may lead to the destruction of vital evidence.

“It’s very difficult for the Clues team to manage crime scenes in the city as crime rates are increasing. The officials have to run around the city every day as murders, burglaries and other crimes have become common. It takes hours to reach the spots. Till then, the Station House Officers or other officials have to wait at the scene of the crime,” said an official from CCS.

Meanwhile, a senior police official from the CCS said that the team can manage the crime scene since they have only to collect evidence from the scene. “The senior officials of police stations are also trained to collect clues, which makes it easier for the team,” he said.

The city Clues team consists of a scientific officer, a technician, an analyst, a photographer, and a videographer who were recruited by the forensic science department.

Sources said that the severe staff crunch in the forensic department has also become a hindrance to set up new Clues teams.

Top officials of the forensic department said that a massive recruitment drive is necessary if the police wants more Clues teams.

( Source : dc )
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