The Supreme Court today questioned the Rajasthan government as to why there are no CCTV cameras in the interrogation rooms of its police stations.

Taking note of an affidavit filed by the state in a suo motu case initiated over lack of functional CCTVs in its police stations, Justice Sandeep Mehta remarked, "one very interesting feature in this affidavit - there is no camera in the interrogation room. Any of the police stations. There's no camera in the interrogation room which is the main place where camera has to be there. What you're doing in the interrogation room is the most relevant!" .

A bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Mehta asked the State of Rajasthan to come back with a proposal for maintaining oversight on CCTV surveillance of police stations. It was orally

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