India, Sept. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Friday took stock of its 2021 directive mandating CCTV cameras in all police stations, starting with Rajasthan, and directed the state government to submit a comprehensive response to 12 specific queries within two weeks.

The order was passed by a bench of justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta during a suo motu proceeding, based on a media report highlighting the lack of functional CCTVs in police stations across Rajasthan. The report, published earlier this month, said that between January and August this year, 11 custodial deaths occurred in police stations under the Udaipur division, and in each case, police either claimed there was no CCTV footage or denied access on frivolous grounds.

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