Ranchi, Nov 18 (PTI) The Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to ensure installation of CCTV cameras in all police stations.

A division bench of Chief Justice Tarlok Singh Chauhan and Justice Rajesh Shankar gave the direction in the presence of Chief Secretary Avinash Kumar, Home Secretary Vandana Dadel and DGP Tadasha Mishra.

The court ordered the officers to ensure that the detailed project report (DPR) and process for floating of tender for installing CCTV cameras be completed by December 31.

A compliance report should be filed by the officers before the high court by January 5, the court said.

The matter had been placed before the court in a petition filed by one Shaubhik Banerjee of West Bengal. Banerjee had appeared before the Bank More police station in

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