Question : BALLISTIC FINGER PRINTING



(a) whether the Government and Delhi Police are toying with the idea of ballistic finger printing of every gun in the country in order to trace the owner if used in crime; and

(b) if so, the details of proposal along with the time frame fixed therefore?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (SHRI HARIN PATHAK)

(a) & (b): The possibility of exploiting this avenue of crime detection by Delhi Police in its investigations is at a conceptual and discussion stage only.