Hyderabad Police stops commuters, checks phones for ‘ganja, drugs’ chats, triggers social media outrage
India Today
A group of police officers in Hyderabad were seen stopping commuters and checking their phones to look for words such as 'drugs' or 'ganja'.
A video has surfaced showing Hyderabad police officers in Hyderabad stopping commuters on the road and checking their phones to look for chats on ganja or other drugs. The video has gone viral, inviting social media backlash for the police with many slamming the apparent breach of privacy. 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
The video shows police personnel in Hyderabad conducting an anti-ganja-drugs drive in part of the old city by stopping vehicles, particularly two-wheelers, and asking the riders to show their phones and searching the word ‘drugs’ in their chats.
