India, July 17 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Director General of Police to launch a state-wide fact-finding exercise to take an overall view of CCTV cameras installed across all police stations and submit a report about the duration for which their data is preserved.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Ravindra Ghuge and Justice Gautam Ankhad issued the directive to the DGP on Wednesday after expressing concern over the submission by Mumbai's Ghatkopar police station that CCTV footage older than six months was unavailable.

The HC noted the state chief secretary had given an undertaking to the court in the past, committing to expand capacity and ensure footage recorded by CCTV cameras at police statio...