CFSL SUPPORT FOR FORENSIC INVESTIGATION

• Central Forensic Science Laboratories (CFSLs) are the apex scientific arms of the Government of India for forensic analysis, functioning under the Directorate of Forensic Science Services (DFSS), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
• A new tranche of National Cyber Forensic Laboratories (NCFLs) is being co-located inside CFSLs to handle digital-evidence caseloads — relevant for GS-II (governance) and GS-III (internal security / cybercrime).
• Tested as factual MCQ material (locations, outlay, parent ministry) and as analytical Mains material on criminal-justice modernisation under the new BNS/BNSS/BSA regime.