Silchar, May 14 -- Two residents of Mizoram were arrested for allegedly collecting facial biometric data from local residents in Assam's Cachar district in the name of an American multinational company without proper authorisation, police said on Thursday.

Cachar district's additional superintendent of police (crime), Rajat Pal, said the two allegedly organised camps for facial recognition and biometric registration of local youths at a marriage hall in Silchar town earlier this week.

"They were collecting biometric data from youths by offering them small amounts of money without proper authorisation or clear documentation. Hence, we detained them and subsequently arrested them," Pal said.

Police identified the two suspects as Vanlalri...