Many fraudsters for monetary gain produce the counterfeit currency to defraud the innocent victims. Keeping this in mind, many overt and covert security features are added in the currency notes of any country. In India, we faced a major issue of counterfeit currency. With the advanced technology, the fraudster create almost similar looking counterfeit Indian currency which is hard to be detected by the naked eyes of a layman. The forensic documents examiner utilizes the skill and specialized tools and equipment to examine all the overt and more importantly covert feature to know whether a currency note is genuine or otherwise.
At Connectel‘s (Forensic Division), Forensic Documents Examination including Counterfeit Currency Examination isdone with highest credibility and impartiality. Being the first and Only Forensic Science laboratory in private sector accredited by Government of India for ISO / IEC 17025 :2017 Standards acceptable worldwide by all Government and Regulatory bodies we only deliver quality forensic testing. By virtue of this accreditation, we are at par with any other similarly accredited forensic science laboratory in government sector in 107 member countries of ISO and India for report generation capability.
We maintain proper chain of custody at the laboratory from the point of receiving/collection of evidence till the disposal of forensic examination report. The observation and results of the forensic examination of evidence are kept confidential.
Reports generated by our forensic laboratory are admissible in the Indian Court of Law in the same category followed by the Government FSL’s. Further, we provide 65B certificate for admissibility of electronic evidence under Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
Our forensic experts are skilled and can testify in Indian courts to provide Expert Opinion under Section 45 of Indian Evidence Act, 1872.