Kerala Police District Finger Print Bureau

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Kerala Police District Finger Print Bureau, Pathanamthitta started functioning on 16/10/89 as per GO (MS) No.69/89 Home Dated 08/05/89. The Bureau is housed along with Dstrict Crime Branch of District Police Office, Pathanamthitta. Tester Inspector is the head of the Unit.

General

Finger Print Science (Dactyloscopy) is universally accepted as the science of personal identification. It is because of the permanency, persistency and variety of the ridges (the narrow hairy lines) constituting the Finger Print Bureau. Finger Print of a person remains unchanged from birth to death. Finger Prints of even identical twins differ, unlike DNA finger print. The first finger Print Bureau in the world was established in India in the year 1897 and the Travancore Finger Print Bureau was started functioning in 1900

Scope and Service of Single Digit Finger Print Bureau

The finger print experts of the Single Digit Finger Print Bureau are assigned with the inspection of scene of crime to develop invisible finger prints ( Chance prints ) which are otherwise termed as &ldquo Burglar&rsquos Visiting Card&rdquo. The chance prints thus developed are photographed and the photographs of these chance prints are compared with the Finger Print record collection of the habitual offenders to locate the criminal if available in the police records. The finger print records are the slips of habitual offenders received from various police stations of the district at the time of their arrest under such offences.u

Method of obtaining the service of Finger Print Experts.

In order to obtain the service of finger print experts for inspection of scene of crime the complainat has to lodge an FIR at the concerned Police Station . It is only the request of the Station House Officer ( Circle/Sub Inspector ) the Finger Print Except will examine the scene of crime.&rsquo

The finger print experts of the Single Digit Finger Print Bureau are assigned with the inspection of scene of crime to develop invisible finger prints ( Chance prints ) which are otherwise termed as &ldquo Burglar&rsquos Visiting Card&rdquo. The chance prints thus developed are photographed and the photographs of these chance prints are compared with the Finger Print record collection of the habitual offenders to locate the criminal if available in the police records. The finger print records are the slips of habitual offenders received from various police stations of the district at the time of their arrest under such offences.

• Entry of the burglar should not be tampered
• Articles handled by the burglar should not be touched or handed by any one prior to the inspection
• Articles and places where the burglar has touched during the operation should not be handled by any one even with kerchief in hand as is commonly seen in movies. Such handling if done will cause erasure of the print of the culprit and hence this precaution.
• However, if any such handling has been done out of anxiety by any one, the fact should be revealed to the inspecting team. The intention is to take Finger prints of such person for the purpose of elimination of their finger prints.