(MENAFN) India’s Home Ministry has informed the Supreme Court of plans to deploy artificial intelligence technologies, including facial recognition systems, drones, and smart lighting, to monitor high-risk areas and reduce crimes against women. This announcement was made in response to a public interest petition filed by the Supreme Court Women Lawyers' Association concerning the increasing rate of violence against women, Hindustan Times reported.

According to the Times of India, AI-based surveillance systems will soon be implemented at seven major railway stations across cities like Delhi and Mumbai. Additional security measures will include automated license plate recognition and drone monitoring of vulnerable zones.

The Home Ministry also noted that India’s National Data Sharing and Exchange Platform holds sensitive information such as names, addresses, photos, and fingerprint records of individuals accused or convicted of sexual offenses like rape, stalking, and child abuse. Currently, the database contains around 2.02 million entries accessible by law enforcement nationwide through the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System, a platform designed to digitally connect police, courts, prisons, forensic labs, and prosecutors.

Despite these efforts, the Supreme Court Women Lawyers' Association argued that current measures have failed to significantly reduce crimes against women, Hindustan Times reported.

Data from India’s National Crime Records Bureau reveals that reported crimes against women have increased from 5.8 million cases in 2018 to 6.6 million in 2022. Public outrage was reignited last week after a 20-year-old student who had repeatedly reported harassment by a senior teacher died from severe burns following a self-immolation attempt outside her school principal’s office.

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