If you left your finger print ina scene of crime, chances are that V Rajakrishnan would put a finger on who youare. The problem is that as the only finger print expert in the Goa police,.And that too borrowed form Kerala, he was bound by time and human limits.
The new hi-tech FingerprintAnalysis and Criminal Tracing System (FACTS) at Verna to track fingerprints,will certainly help speed up detection, but tribute must be paid to our localSherlock Homes who has worked on over 28,000 finger prints in eight years
Goa’s Fingerprint Man’scontribution to data basing the finger prints is colossal. His efforts ensuredthat the investigations came back on to the right track in the headless bodycase at Nessai (Margao) in 10th January 2011. The accused in the murder of aJharkhand native at Old Mardol on 18th January 2011 was arrested following thedetection of a finger impression.
Despite being set up in 2001, thefinger print bureau has still not been able to fill all the vacancies in thedepartment.. Rajakrishanan, absorbed by the Goa government is a Group “B”Gazetted Officer. In his mid-fifty’s, he has been staying in Goa for eightyears with his wife and two sons. “I am continuing my service and waiting forthe government to absorb me in their cadre.”.
Rajakrishnan is constantly on themove. Goa’s FPB has one head constable (HC), 3 police constables (PC), 1 driverand home guard each. “The success rate of FPB since 2006 is only 2% as theearlier FACTS (Finger Prints Analysis and Criminal Tracing System) havefailed”, he said
But there’s an even biggerfailure. Department sources reveal that Rajakrishnan, was not paid his salaryfor 13 months in 2010-11.An insult, undeserving for Goa’s own Sherlock Holmes.
