Odisha Police

About us

Forensic Science Services, functioning under Odisha Police set-up, is one of the oldest Laboratories in the Country. Established in 1962 in Cuttack, it was later shifted to State Capital, Bhubnaeswar in 1971. Apart from State FSL Directorate at Bhubaneswar, it has 3 Regional Forensic Science Laboratories, located at Berhampur, Sambalpur and Balasore and 36 District Forensic Science Laboratories to cater to the requirements of far-off Districts. The laboratory, which has the latest range of modern state-of-the art equipment, with adequate no. of manpower, is committed to provide quality services through good Laboratory practices to ensure efficient justice delivery system, while ensuring impartiality and confidentiality. The Laboratory continuously endeavours to upgrade the quality of examination by adopting the latest technologies and methods to satisfy the stakeholders.

LIST OF SENIOR OFFICERS

Name	Rank	Contact Details	Photograph
Shri Rajesh Kumar, IPS	Director, SFSL, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.	0674-2586187 (Office) mailto:dirsfsl.orpol@nic.in

Organogram

SPECIALISED DIVISIONS AT STATE FSL, BHUBANESWAR

Sl.No.	Name of the Division	Examination Undertaken
01	Ballistics	To carry out examination of fire arms and ammunition.
02	Biology	To carry out biological examination of various types of body fluids and tissues.
03	Chemistry	To carry out scientific test of variety of exhibits like Narcotic drugs, explosives, spurious etc.
04	Cyber Forensic	To carry out examination of digital evidences like computer hard disk, cellphone, memory devices etc.
05	D N A	To generate DNA Profiles from various crime related exhibits like blood, semen, saliva, hair, nail, bone, teeth, tissues etc.
06	Lie Detection	To carry out polygraph test of the suspects, complainants, witnesses and victims pertaining to various types of crimes.
07	Physics	To carry out physical examination of various types of physical evidence, such as soil, paint, glass, disputed voice, images etc.
08	Serology	To determine species origin and also the blood groups of various biological materials.
09	Toxicology	To carry out examination of viscera and other body tissues for the identification of poison.

District Forensic Science Laboratories

There are 15 District Forensic Science Laboratories functioning in the following Districts.

Sl.No.	Name of the District	Sl.No.	Name of the District
01	Bolangir	02	Balasore
03	Cuttack	04	Dhenkanal
05	Ganjam	06	Kandhamal
07	Kalahandi	08	Koraput
09	Keonjhar	10	Mayurbhanj
11	Puri	12	Rourkela
13	Sambalpur	14	Sundargarh
15	UPD Bhubaneswar

Mobile Forensic Units

There are 21 Mobile Forensic Units, created vide Notification No.l80 (SS)/FSS & IE Dated.31.1.2013 in the remaining Districts of the State, as follows

Sl.No.	Name of the District	Sl.No.	Name of the District
01	Angul	02	Baragada
03	Bhadrak	04	Boudh
05	Berhampur	06	GRP, Cuttack
07	Deogarh	08	Gajapati
09	Jaipur	10	Jharsuguda
11	Jagatsinghpur	12	Kendrapara
13	Khorda	14	Nuqapada
15	Rayagada	16	Sonepur
17	Rayagada	18	GRP, Rourkela
19	Malkangiri	20	Nayagarh
21	Nawarangpur

FSL and CCTNS

State FSL, Bhubaneswar is connected to CCTNS project since 2015. FSL module of the project has been designed to monitor and track all cases received in the Laboratory . Steps are being taken to dispatch Chemical Examination Reports online to Courts and other stakeholders .

FSL & RTI

State Forensic Science Laboratory, Odisha, Bhubaneswar and the organisations functioning under it, have been exempted from providing any information to applicants seeking information under RTI Act,2005 as per Information and Public Relations Department, Government of Odisha Notification No. RTI-140/17 7497/IPR.BBSR. Date 30/08/2017, which reads as " In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 24 of the Right to Information Act, 2005 (22 of 2005), the State Government do hereby specify that nothing contained in the said Act shall apply to the State Forensic Science Laboratory and organisations functioning under it".

Government of Odisha

State Forensic Science Laboratory, Bhubaneswar