Identification and disposal of unclaimed bodies in the city is posing a challenge to the Police Department. As per rules, police have to preserve the unclaimed dead bodies for six days after the photo of the body and information about it is published in the media with an intention to reach the dead person’s relatives. But as the media houses follow a guideline not to publish gory pictures of dead bodies, none of the media houses publishes the photographs of mutilated bodies. Even private television channels do not air such photographs making the task of the police difficult. The Doordarshan and the All India Radio airs information about unclaimed bodies. So, that serves the procedural requirement for the police to publish the news in two media outlets. However, a senior police official said that it is of little help to track down the relatives of the deceased. And, most unclaimed bodies are buried by the personnel of the Police Department.
Going high-tech With 100 high definition CCTV cameras to be installed at the crucial traffic junctions in the city, it is expected to make it easy for police personnel to nab traffic violators. As of now there are 195 CCTV cameras across the city, but the quality of images captured in those cameras is found wanting. Because of the poor quality of pictures captured, they have been of little use for the police to identify traffic violators.
Once the new HD CCTV cameras are installed, all the 195 old ones are also expected to be replaced by high definition CCTV cameras, says a senior police official.
