Mobile Forensic Unit

Crime Scene

Mobile Forensic team equipped with Scientific Investigation equipment is always ready to help the Investigating Officers in examination of scenes of crime, identification and collection of clues, evidences and reconstruction of  scene of crime. FSL provides rapid response forensic service to the whole state to investigate scene of crime, assist and guide the Investigating Officers in the collection of important evidences. However, a verbal/telephonic requisition from the concerned Officer in-charge of Police Station must be received for the Mobile Forensic team to attend the scene of crime.

Direct requisition from citizen is not entertained. 

When a Citizen requires  the services of Forensic, FIR must be lodged first at the Police Station and the Officer in-charge of the Police Station will requisition the service of Forensic Experts accordingly.

Duties of citizens

• It is the duty of a citizen to inform any incidence of Crime to the nearest Police Station at the earliest. Police will then requisition the Forensic service.

• Whenever and wherever crime is committed, the first party to reach the scene of crime is usually citizens. It is of utmost importance not to disturb the scene as evidences could be lost, destroyed or contaminated. Instead, citizens can help the crime scene investigation by preserving the scene of crime before the arrival of Police Officers or Forensic Experts.

• It is important to remember that the scene of crime should be left untouched.

• A citizen must know that all the evidences were examined with scientific methods and techniques. Forensic examination favours no one but the facts and only the facts alone.

In compliance to Section 176(3) of BNSS, 2023 which mandates Forensic Expert to visit the scene of crime to collect Forensic Evidence in offences punishable by imprisonment of seven years or more, three District Mobile Forensic Units (DMFU) had been established in the first phase by the Government of Mizoram. DMFU had been made operational in three districts, viz.:- Aizawl, Lunglei and Champhai districts, they started functioning as per the direction of MHA, i.e. three-tier prioritization system or Graded Forensic Response, they will also cater to the requirements of other districts where DMFU had not yet been established. At present, each DMFUs had been manned by one Scientific Officer and two Casual Forensic Experts.