IT division officers stated the know-how would quickly be launched in securing knowledge of assorted certificates equivalent to caste, domicile and character issued by the income division and afforestation data.
Officials stated the investigating businesses of different states may additionally improve the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS) to make use of it. Traditionally, stated officers, the info of the proof collected by the investigating company from the crime scene is uploaded to CCTNS and the reveals are then despatched from the police station to FSL. The proof is positioned in a field on high of which the small print of the case and a bodily seal are positioned. The head of the division at FSL assigns the case to a reporting officer, exams are performed and the report is generated.

“There is scope at several levels for tampering with the evidence. In this entire chain of custody, blockchain interventions have been implemented at four stages — when the samples, along with the copy of the FIR and the queries, are received, when the case is assigned to an investigator at FSL, during finalising the report, and when it is despatched,” stated an official.
“To make a change at any stage, one cannot alter the existing record, and a new block will have to be created and a new QR code will be generated. If there is any attempt to tamper with the record, immediate alerts will go to all authorised persons,” stated one other official.
The Delhi FSL receives about 1,500 samples in a month. Officials stated the investigators at FSL and police personnel as much as the assistant commissioner stage had been skilled to make use of the brand new know-how.
According to IT officers, using know-how for sensible policing and strengthening the felony justice system was burdened upon by Union residence minister Amit Shah at All India Police Science Congress in Bhopal final April. The IT division began engaged on bringing the know-how within the e-FSL system in September. “Technology will act as multipliers to bring efficiency and ensure transparency and objectivity in the working of the department,” Delhi chief secretary Naresh Kumar stated.
Officials stated till lately, police, FSL and courts operated their respective IT-based techniques in silos, leading to restricted capabilities to share knowledge with one another that made it troublesome to trace and hint the circumstances. With the introduction of Interoperable Criminal Justice System and integration of CCTNS with e-Court, e-Prison, e-Forensics, and e-Prosecution, the info alternate has change into simpler. “The timestamps and encrypted data in blockchain will ensure that each block is added sequentially to a chain,” the official added.