Hyderabad, April 23 -- The Telangana High Court has questioned the police regarding the installation of CCTV cameras that are not useful for maintaining law and order, remarking that they appear to be set up only for record-keeping purposes.

The court also criticised the police for their indifferent handling of missing persons cases.

Missing case

Justice T Vinod Kumar was hearing a petition filed by Polavarapu Raju of Hyderabad's Manikonda, who challenged the police's failure to trace his missing son, Lachanna.

The petitioner's lawyer argued that despite filing a complaint with the Rayadurgam police last year regarding his son's disappearance, there has been no progress.

The parents are reportedly distressed due to the lack of inform...