Legal experts have also questioned the motive of such crackdowns.
1lNjvKRIgk- Srinivas Kodali October 27, 2021 Wait until they replace words with NRC, Modi or BJP. New policing practices alert: stop and search phone chats by the Police are searching phone chats for words like ganja. Kumar also pointed out that stringent searches are being conducted since the last one month. Action needs to be taken at crime scenes,” Anjani Kumar said.
“Privacy is the most important fundamental right of common citizens but when it comes to criminals, rowdiesheeters both physical and technical evidences are collected according to the established procedure. Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar said the searches were done according to the established protocol. It has been alleged that the police officials checked WhatsApp chats of the commuters and searched for keywords such as ‘ganja’ (weed), ‘drugs’ and ‘cocaine’ in the search box.ĬNN-News18 accessed one such video from Old city area of Hyderabad where the excise department and west zone police officials were captured on camera checking mobile phones of commuters parked for random checks. The Hyderabad Police’s anti-drug drive in the city came under fire after videos of policemen stopping commuters arbitrarily and asking them for their mobile phones drew massive backlash on social media.
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