On 6th March 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the transit campus of the National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He also laid
Indian investigations now combine device data with WhatsApp chats, CCTV, CDRs, metadata, witness accounts and records held by technology companies, but each source has limits and must be interpreted before responsibility can be attributed reliably.
India’s expanding fingerprint and DNA systems now connect laboratories, national databases and family reference samples, but every match still depends on sample quality, scientific comparison and the wider evidence surrounding an investigation or identification process.
Facial recognition can connect missing-child photographs with found-child records across states, while AI, CCTV and digital trails open new leads. Yet a machine match is only a lead until investigators independently verify identity and circumstances.
NCRB data, CCTNS, TrackChild, Khoya-Paya, GHAR, helplines and Railway operations form a layered search system where finding a child is only the first step before verification, protection and safe restoration.
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