AP Ranks Second in Disposal of FSL Reports

Kakinada:Andhra Pradesh secured second place in the country in the disposal of Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) reports in 2025, with a disposal rate of 92.5 per cent and a pendency rate of 7.5 per cent, Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta said.

The APFSL examined 23,682 of 25,602 cases, leaving 1,920 cases pending. Karnataka recorded a disposal rate of 92.7 per cent.

Gupta said the turnaround time for murder and Posco/crimes against women cases had been reduced by nearly 50 per cent, from 15 days to seven days. NDPS cases were being completed within 14 days, compared with 30 days earlier.

He said the deployment of modern forensic technologies and analytical tools had increased the DNA detection rate from 85 per cent to 97 per cent and blood group detection rate from 52 per cent to 85.77 per cent.

Construction of the APFSL headquarters at Thulluru in Amaravati, spread over 1.80 lakh sq ft, was in progress at an estimated cost of `100 crore and was scheduled for completion by March 2027, he said.

As part of strengthening forensic infrastructure in the state, the project includes construction of the new FSL headquarters, establishment of three new Regional Forensic Science Laboratories (RFSLs) at Anantapur, Tirupati and Rajamahendravaram, and upgradation of four existing RFSLs at Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur and Kurnool with modern forensic equipment and facilities.

Gupta, along with Andhra Pradesh FSL director P.H.D. Ramakrishna, Eluru Range inspector general G.V.G. Ashok Kumar and East Godavari district SP D. Narasimha Kishore, inaugurated the RFSL at Rajamahendravaram on Saturday. The facility was established at a cost of `3.60 crore, including Rs 2.80 crore spent on modern scientific equipment.

Gupta said the Rajamahendravaram FSL was operational with biology, serology and toxicology sections and would cater to the scientific investigation requirements of East Godavari, Kakinada, Konaseema and Polavaram districts. It was expected to handle nearly 2,300 cases a year.

A proposal was also under consideration to expand the RFSL at Rajamahendravaram with cyber forensics and DNA profiling capabilities, he said.

To detect cybercrimes, the department had constituted 20-member Cyber Liaison and Investigation Cells in all 28 districts.

The teams comprise newly recruited constables with technical and higher educational qualifications, including B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc. and MCA degrees. After specialised training, they would focus exclusively on detecting and investigating cybercrime under the supervision of the respective district SPs.