Operation Chabutra News Today

The lack of accountability mechanisms along with the proliferation of surveillance technologies is causing various problems, which neither the police nor the political establishment wants to address.

When it comes to rapid strides in the use of tech, Telangana Police has outdone others. The cost of this use of tech, without warrants and with great impunity, has been high.

The CCTV network, paired with facial recognition technology, an ever-expanding database of biometric information and a willing police force, has the potential to monitor its citizens to a worrying degree.

According to the government, if a person goes out, 50 cameras will capture them by the time they are back to their home.

A report by The News Minute has highlighted that in what could be a glaring infringement upon individuals' right to privacy, cops have been keying in 'ganja' to find evidence of consumption or peddling in chats.