Ludhiana, Feb. 8 -- Expressing serious displeasure, a Ludhiana court on Thursday pulled up the police for citing the absence of a face-recognition tool as the reason for their failure to identify officers allegedly seen accepting bribes in video clips dating back to 2019-2020, terming the explanation unacceptable and troubling.

The court of special judge Amrinder Singh Shergill observed that the Ludhiana Police Commissionerate appeared to be deliberately avoiding the identification of personnel visible in the video footage. It remarked that the police are expected to identify even unknown offenders and that their inability to recognise their own staff raised serious concerns about intent and accountability.

Earlier, the Cyber Investigat...