: Hyderabad Police stop commuters to check phones for chats about drugs #IndiaNEWS The Hyderabad Police are stopping commuters on roads and checking their phones for chats related to drugs, The News

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Hyderabad Police stop commuters to check phones for chats about drugs #IndiaNEWS
The Hyderabad Police are stopping commuters on roads and checking their phones for chats related to drugs, The News Minute reported on Thursday.Purported videos from Hyderabad, shared on Twitter, showed commuters apparently unlocking their phones and handing them over to the police.New policing practices alert: stop and search phone chats by the @hydcitypolice . Police are searching phone chats for words like ganja. Wait until they replace words with NRC, Modi or BJP. pic.twitter.com/1lNjvKRIgk— Srinivas Kodali (@digitaldutta) October 27, 2021 The video also showed police officers checking identity documents and vehicles. #Hyderabad police check phones of youth for keyword ‘ganja’. The searches are without warrant or cause. â?¦@TheQuintâ?© pic.twitter.com/ombO2FJMoM— Nikhila Henry (@NikhilaHenry) October 28, 2021 Telangana High Court lawyer Karam Komireddy told The News Minute that the police has no right to randomly check phones. “If they wish to do so, they have to do it by following a procedure established by law,â€? the lawyer said. “What they are doing is an infringement on the right to privacy and is unwarranted, illegal and unlawful.â€?How is this even allowed? There is no dignity, privacy of citizens in this country anymore?https://t.co/eaLFr57n5F— Shreya Sinha (@Shreya0393) October 28, 2021 However, the police claimed there was nothing illegal about the checking.“We are not forcing anybody nor are we snatching away their phones to check,â€? Gajarao Bhupal, deputy commissioner of...Read more

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