Are Indian police using facial recognition to identify protesting farmers?

Police in Ambala, in India’s state of Haryana have announced that they have begun the process to cancel passports and visas against those caught causing disturbances or breaking barricades on CCTV or drone cameras during the farmers' protests in early February. The move comes on the heels of proposals by police in other countries around the world, including Sweden and the UK, to run facial recognition searches against passport databases, rather than arrest or conviction records.

Ambala Deputy Superintendent …

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