Mysuru :
More than 500 people including children from JSS Baljagat School, Teresian School, JSS High School and other schools along with their teachers are participating in the day-long Forensic Fair organised by the The Department of Forensic Medicine, JSS Medical College in association with Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru City Police, Karnataka Medico Legal Society, Department of Criminology (Mahajana First Grade College and University of Mysore) and Regional Forensic Science Laboratory at JSS Medical College premises in Bannimantap here.
The unique fair is organised to create awareness among public about the crime and its investigation in order to have knowledge about day-to-day happenings in crime manifestation.
The Fair also includes orientation to various sections of Forensic medicine like traffic awareness, firearms, trauma, dental evidence, approach to crime scene, analytical procedures used for detection of poisons, fingerprints and examination of questioned documents (handwriting analysis) and tests to detect food adulteration.
The main attraction was the stall set up by Poison Information Centre, Mysuru located at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, JSS Hospital, MG Road, Mysuru which gave information on first aid during poison.
Public can contact 1800-425-0207 if they need any information on first aid for poison.
A live demonstration on awareness about snakes presented by Snake Shyam was an additional attraction at the fair which benefited people of all walks of life including students, teachers and general public.
The fair was inaugurated by Dhananjaya, Asst. Director, Karnataka Police Academy, Mysuru
About 10 stalls were put up at the venue to provide information on topics such as Annihilation through Alcoholics, autopsy, causes of sudden death, identification of gender using skulls, cyber crimes among others.
Dr. Arun, HOD of Forensic medicine, JSS Medical College speaking to Star of Mysore said that this fair was the first of its kind in Karnataka. He said “Forensic Science is reconstruction of crime scene”
M.G. Ramesh, Traffic Head Constable explained about traffic rules violations and asked the public to follow traffic rules.
Demonstrations were given on food adulteration, finger prints identification and how to identify fake currency.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / Sunday , November 16th, 2014