PATNA, Dec. 18 -- To strengthen scientific investigation into crimes and speed up detection, the Bihar government had expanded its fleet of mobile forensic vans from 17 to 51 across the state, a senior official said on Thursday. With this expansion, six large districts-- including Patna, Muzaffarpur, Bhagalpur, Gaya, Motihari and Madhubani--where maximum cases are registered, will now have at least two mobile forensic vans, facilitating broader and quicker access to forensic services.

CM Nitish Kumar has on Thursday flagged off 34 forensic mobile lab vehicles at a function held at his official residence. Chief minister along with deputy CM Samrat Choudhary, DGP Binay Kumar, ADG (CID) Paras Nath and principal home secretary Arbind Choudha...