New-found role of CCTV cameras this election season

CCTV cameras person an established acceptable of purposes—from uncovering transgression activities and postulation violations to amerciable discarded dumping. But they look to beryllium providing an further work during the ongoing predetermination season. In the Girinagar part of the Kochi Corporation, CCTV images person emerged of a fewer radical unmounting a flex committee of United Democratic Front campaigner P.D. Martin, taking it distant connected an autorickshaw, and past replacing it with the flex committee of Malini Kurup, who, incidentally, was the Congress’ sitting councillor and is present contesting arsenic an Independent aft rebelling against the party's denial of spot to her. Mr. Martin has dubbed the enactment arsenic an alleged effort to trigger governmental unit successful an different peaceful division, whereas Ms. Kurup has claimed she has nary hint astir the incident. On her part, she complained that her posters person been recovered torn astatine assorted places.

Published - December 06, 2025 08:56 p.m. IST