The Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad (CFSL, Hyderabad), established in 1964 is one of the Seven Central Forensic Science Laboratories in

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. The other laboratories are at Chandigarh, Kolkata, Bhopal, Pune and Guwahati. Since 2002, the laboratory is under the administrative control of the Directorate of Forensic Science Services,

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History

The laboratory, in the beginning started functioning from the Chirag Ali Lane in the

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area of

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city. The laboratory shifted to its present location in

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in 1982. The laboratory is situated in the vicinity of the

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institutional area. Among other scientific examination facilities the laboratory provides the facilities for Explosives, Ballistics, Narcotics, Physics, Toxicology, Biology, Chemistry, Documents DNA examination and cyber forensics. Fingerprint verification is not done, however signature verification will be done. The first director of the CFSL Hyderabad was Dr. S.N.Garg. And now the present director is Sh Mahesh Chandra Joshi. For detailed information, official website http://cfslhyd.gov.in/ may be viewed.

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