Project to create DNA profile-based data bank by CFSL

He said the data bank would be of great help in establishing the area and origin of the suspected persons and facilitate the National Crime Records Bureau to achieve higher degree of accuracy in pinpointing the culprits.

He said the plastic currency and cyber crime had posed a big challenge and shifted the scene of crime from streets to drawing rooms, resulting in sharp increase in white collar crimes.

He said that the role of fingerprint experts had also changed to role of forensic experts and their was need for training, retraining, awareness, linkages and dissemination of knowledge to detect and prevent the cyber crimes.