Forensic lab FSL Delhi accused of filing false reports, framing innocents🔗

The rape case against his son seemed unassailable. The police had filed a case against the boy, and the DNA test report from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) at Rohini only served to buttress their case.

But Prem Singh (name changed to prevent identification), hailing from Sahibabad Dairy in North Delhi, just could not believe that his son was capable of such an act. He requested a re-examination of the DNA sample by another laboratory, and the results – much to his relief – served to prove a claim he had been crying himself hoarse over. The boy was innocent.

Singh has now filed a complaint against the laboratory, accusing them of framing his son. This is not the first time that the Delhi FSL’s staffers – accused of being poorly trained and lacking in qualifications – have been pulled up for botching up investigations.

Recently, a Gurgaon-based man went to court against a lab report that pointed to his involvement in a rape, being investigated by the Tilak Nagar police. The report was overturned after a re-test by another lab came up with a different finding.

Sources say that there are at least six cases, mostly concerning rape, where FSL staffers have been accused of preparing the false reports.

2 March 2016 - Hindustan Times: Delhi forensic lab accused of filing false reports, framing innocents

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