GOVT. OF WEST BENGAL

STATE FORENSIC SCIENCE LABORATORY

Department of Home and Hill Affairs

37/1/2, BELGACHIA ROAD, KOLKATA-700037

FSL, KOLKATA

Sanction Posts: 303

QUESTIONED DOCUMENTS DIVISION

This division deals with the forensic examination of documents involved in all types of white collared crimes, economic offences, cases involved in dowry harassment, homicide, suicide, organized crimes, etc. and provide necessary scientific evidence in

  • Fixation of "authorship" of hand writings and signatures, including forgery
  • Generation of evidence for alterations, sequence of strokes & their intersection
  • Decipherment of erased, indented, obliterated writings
  • Validation of currencies, stamp paper and credit cards
  • Examination of writing materials used for the creation of documents
  • Comparison of typed scripts
  • Comparison of stamps, seals & their impressions
  • Comparison of the impression of printing matters
  • Detection of forgery and fixing the authorship of forged signatures
  • Determination of sequence of strokes and other physical evidences like folds, erasures, staple marks, etc.
  • Identification of printed matter, computer print-outs and other mechanical impressions
  • Credit cards and travel documents
  • Writing materials like inks and paper
  • Indentations, alterations, erasures, additions, substitution and obliteration in forensic documents
  • Counterfeit or forged currency / bank notes and other related exhibits
Sl Name Designation Qualification Photo
1. Dr. Chitrakshya Sarkar Assistant Director, QDEB Division M.Sc. (Physics), PhD (Science)