To help Police tackle cyber related challenges, theUttar Pradeshgovernment gave in-principle nod to set up 18 hi-tech cyber labs one each in 18 police ranges of the state. The government has also agreed to sanction Rs 40 crore for the project in the first phase.
DIG, UP cyber cell, N Kolanchi said until now only one cyber lab was functional at Forensic Science Lab in Lucknow.
The main objective of establishing the UPSIFS is to build better policing, capacity building in the field of crime control and forensic sciences and to develop awareness and scientific Attitude towards scientific institutions.