While the Hyderabad and RR district police are conducting raids against the drugs, the people are talking about freedom.
The police are right on their part to take precautions to check against the drugs.But individuals are finding it difficult to cooperate over the matter.
A day after news of Hyderabad police stopping people on the streets and checking their WhatsApp chats as part of their raids on drug peddling went viral, a legal notice has been sent to Hyderabad Commissioner of Police Anjani Kumar by independent privacy researcher Srinivas Kodali, with the assistance of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF).
The legal notice called for the police to put an immediate end to the unlawful surveillance activity being carried out, including the coercive searching of people’s phones in the streets.
It also asked the Commissioner to initiate appropriate proceedings against the police officials under the Hyderabad City Police Act, including disciplinary proceedings and filing of complaints before concerned courts.