The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday cleared the proposal of setting up of UP Police and Forensic Science University in Lucknow.
The decision was taken at the state cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Yogi Adityanath here.
In UP Annual Budget 2020-21, tabled in the state assembly last week, the government had already allocated a sum of Rs 20 crore for the setting up of the modern varsity.
Since UP comprises a large geography spanning 75 districts, 8 police zones and 18 ranges, the existing forensic science laboratories were found to be overworked owing to the magnitude of cases received by them on