Kanpur, July 20 -- Hoping to get freedom from raids and physical verification, as many as 546 history-sheeters across the Kanpur police commissionerate have voluntarily agreed to be tracked through their mobile GPS and Google location data.

The development has come within a month of the launch of Divya Drishti, a new Kanpur Police initiative promising remote, technology-driven monitoring. Under this new monitoring system, the police make video calls daily to confirm the location of the history-sheeter.

Take the case of Saeedul alias Hamza, who used to brace himself for a knock at his door every few weeks.

The 30-year-old bus driver, who has eight cases on his record-including three robberies dating back to 2018 and 2019-had his history...