Amit Shah Lays Foundation For Forensic Science Hub In Chhattisgarh Amid Naxal Crackdown

Amit Shah laid foundation stones for a National Forensic Science University campus and a Central Forensic Science Lab in Chhattisgarh. The NFSU will cost ₹400 crore and occupy 40 acres.

File Photo of Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Source : IANS

Raipur, Jun 22 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday laid the foundation stones for the National Forensic Science University (NFSU) campus and a Central Forensic Science Lab in Chhattisgarh's Nava Raipur Atal Nagar.

Shah, who is on a two-day visit of the state during which he will tour a security camp and chair meetings on ongoing anti-Naxal operations, was accompanied by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, Assembly Speaker Raman Singh and ministers.

The state government has allotted 40 acres of land for the NFSU campus, which will be built by the Centre at a cost of Rs 400 crore, informed Deputy CM Vijay Sharma, who also holds the Home portfolio in the Sai cabinet.

The Central Forensic Science Lab will come up on 6-7 acres of land near the NFSU campus, he added.

Later in the day, Shah will chair a meeting of Director Generals of Police (DGPs) and Additional DGPs of Chhattisgarh and six neighbouring states on anti-Naxal operations, after which he will take part in a meeting on the security situation and ongoing operations against Left Wing Extremism, Sharma said.

Shah will also meet the family members of Additional Superintendent of Police Akash Rao Girpunje who lost his life after a pressure IED planted by Naxalites exploded on June 9, the deputy CM informed.

On Monday, Shah will visit a Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Narayanpur district, where he will interact with security personnel and Naxalism-affected villagers.

He will also take a ground review of the development works going on there, Sharma added.

Anti-Naxal operations have intensified in Chhattisgarh since the BJP came to power after the 2023 assembly polls.

Since January last year, more than 400 Maoist ultras have been gunned down by security forces in separate encounters.

The most notable was the killing of Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju (70), the general secretary and top most operative of the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), in Bastar on May 21.

Shah has repeatedly declared that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Centre and state government are committed to eradicating Naxalism by March 31, 2026. 

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