Underlining the increasing role of scientific investigation in criminal cases, Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) said that the State currently has four functional regional Forensic Science Laboratories (FSLs). At the same time, nine more such FSLs will be made fully functional in the next one to two-year time frame.
“At present, four FSL are functional in the State. They are located at Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur and Rajgir [Bihar Police Academy]. The buildings of nine other regional FSL are ready. Besides, appointments of 102 Assistant Directors and Senior Scientific Assistants have also been completed. We are confident nine more such FSLs will be made fully functional in the next one to two-year time frame,” Mr. Kumar said.
DGP Kumar was speaking at a two-day “Satellite Conference on Biological Sciences” organised by State Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), CID, Patna in collaboration with Directorate of Forensic Science Services (DFSS), Union Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi.
The conference was being held at Police Headquarters Sardar Patel Bhawan in the State capital, where national and international domain experts, scientists from all the State FSLs, Central FSL and other experts have gathered to participate in the workshop.
