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New Bill in India’s Parliament allows biometric data collection on arrest or detention, Oppn up in arms

Posted on March 31, 2022June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Ananya Bhardwaj reports:

 The Criminal Procedure (Identification) Bill, 2022, which seeks to authorise taking biometric data — along with “physical and biological samples” — of convicts, and those arrested or detained, for the purposes of identification and probe, was introduced in the Lok Sabha Monday.

The Bill, introduced by Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, was criticised by the Opposition parties, who called it “unconstitutional”.

Read more at The Print.

h/t, Joe Cadillic

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