A Bengali Hindu family’s struggle to prove their Indian identity to Bengaluru cops

Palash Adhikary and his family were jailed for months on suspicion of being undocumented Bangladeshis. Bengaluru police have now placed an ‘extraordinary’ burden of proof on them, despite possessing stacks of Indian government documents.

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bengali-hindu-family-s-struggle-prove-their-indian-identity-bengaluru-cops-178837

Bengaluru’s new surveillance plan will match faces on CCTV visuals to cop database

The city police wants to introduce facial recognition to its video surveillance project even as activists warn it could set a dangerous precedent.

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https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bengaluru-ss-new-surveillance-plan-will-match-faces-cctv-visuals-cop-database-173521