Uttar Pradesh Police to Halt Surveillance on Innocents and Acquitted Individuals
UP police to stop monitoring innocents, acquitted and deceased on Yaksh app
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Uttar Pradesh Police, under DGP Rajeev Krishna, will cease monitoring individuals wrongly implicated, acquitted, or deceased on the Yaksh app. This move aims to protect civil liberties and prevent wrongful digital profiling, ensuring that innocent individuals are not subjected to continued police scrutiny.
- 01Uttar Pradesh Police will stop monitoring individuals who are acquitted, deceased, or wrongly implicated.
- 02The Yaksh app contains records of nearly 1.2 million criminals, making it a significant digital database.
- 03Surveillance will be discontinued based on verified documentation of death, false implication, or acquittal.
- 04A standard operating procedure has been established for the closure of monitoring.
- 05The revised protocol aims to balance effective offender surveillance with the protection of civil liberties.
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In a significant reform, the Uttar Pradesh Police, led by Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Krishna, has announced the immediate cessation of monitoring individuals on the Yaksh app who have been wrongly implicated, acquitted by courts, or are deceased. This decision is part of an effort to ensure that innocent individuals are not subjected to ongoing police scrutiny or digital profiling. The Yaksh app currently holds records of approximately 1.2 million criminals, making it one of the largest digital offender databases in the state. Instances of wrongful implication have been identified, prompting the need for this directive. Under the new protocol, monitoring will be halted in three specific situations: upon death, if a person is falsely implicated, or if they are acquitted by a court. The process involves verification by the station house officer (SHO) and requires documentation such as court orders or death certificates. This move is expected to be positively received by legal experts and rights advocates, as it provides a safeguard against wrongful police monitoring while maintaining necessary oversight of offenders.
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This reform is expected to reduce the stigma and negative consequences faced by individuals wrongfully monitored by the police, thereby enhancing civil liberties.
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