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How CCTVs in Delhi capture your every move

The footage shows this writer, dressed in a grey sweater and a pair of jeans, with a backpack, walking out of her house in a predominantly residential neighbourhood in west Delhi. Under the Safe City project, we will install a significant number of CCTVs at key points,” he said..As of now, Delhi’s streets are dotted with 2,46,424 CCTVs installed by the state government, as stated by the public works department before the Delhi Assembly on December 15 last year; over 10,000 CCTV and automatic number plate recognition cameras installed by the Delhi police; and an unaccounted number of CCTVs put up outside homes, malls, hospitals, and shops by residents of the city. Location: Rajouri Garden Time: 3.03pm Footage accessed from a car retail showroom At 3.03pm, this reporter was at Rajouri Garden police station meeting a police officer regarding another story. Access to the feed from CCTVs installed inside and outside police stations is only with police,” a second Delhi Police officer explained, asking not to be named. “As investigators, we cannot just rely on CCTV footage, but it is the first clue we look for,” said the Delhi police sub-inspector cited in the first instance.

Hindustan Times

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