In February, the capital of India experienced a wave of riots.53 people became victims, many others
Now Minister of the Interior of India Amit Shahstated that during the investigation, the government identified 1,100 rioters using a face recognition system. He also noted that the police will use an identification database to identify protesters in the future.
Indian authorities also used a national basee-Vahan vehicles for capturing criminals. “The police were recording video of the riots. After we received the video, we used the software to match faces with photos in the e-Vahan database to identify suspects, ”the report said of a senior police officer in Delhi.
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Previously, the police said they were matching individualsonly with databases of criminals and missing people. They also claimed that they did not use the system to identify protesters. Activists have concerns that this system is also used to track down citizens who express disagreement with the authorities.
Last month, The Ken publisheda report stating that the government plans to introduce a new bill on the identification of prisoners and arrested persons, which will allow police to collect biometric data of citizens whom they call for interrogation.