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20,000 personnel, AI cameras at Red Fort for I-Day
Delhi Police will deploy up to 20,000 personnel and paramilitary forces around the Red Fort for Independence Day celebrations, which are expected to draw around 25,000 people, including VIPs. The New Indian…
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Delhi Police will deploy up to 20,000 personnel and paramilitary forces around the Red Fort for Independence Day celebrations, which are expected to draw around 25,000 people, including VIPs. The New Indian Express reports that nearly 1,000 CCTV cameras, including facial recognition-enabled ones, have been installed to monitor the fort and its surroundings. A high-tech control room inside the monument will operate round the clock.
Police are also using the Abhigyan app and handheld fingerprint scanners to check randomly selected people against a database of over one crore criminals. Snipers and anti-drone systems have been positioned at strategic locations. Officials said the technology helps identify suspicious persons quickly.
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Facial recognition and fingerprint screening sound impressive, but privacy advocates will ask who audits the database of one crore criminals. The Abhigyan app flags only known offenders; a clean record does not rule out a new threat. Security must be tight, but surveillance creep needs scrutiny. The real test will come on August 15: how many false alarms the system triggers and whether the police can act on them without harassing ordinary citizens.
Source: newindianexpress.com
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