Bahraich, Jan. 31 -- Authorities have ramped up checks and frisking, and have installed new technology to nab suspicious individuals and stolen vehicles crossing the India-Nepal border in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich.

The aim is to provide tighter security while also expediting clearance for regular border residents, saving time.

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has deployed advanced technology, including a Facial Recognition System (FRS) and Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), at the Rupaidiha checkpost in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich to modernise border surveillance and screen individuals and vehicles along the India-Nepal border, an official said.

Ganga Singh Udawat, Commandant of the 42nd Battalion of the SSB, told ANI that authorities...