Police in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh will use facial recognition to track sex offenders in the latest use of a technology that many argue throws up issues of privacy.
The northern state has been seeking to curb crimes against women with a series of actions - some controversial - even as it has seen some of the worst ones, including last year's horrific gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman.
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