The High Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the government to explain why they should not be directed to mandatorily record fingerprints and iris scans of all citizens, including children during their birth registration.
The registrar general of birth and death registration under the LGRD ministry, secretary of LGRD ministry, public safety secretary of the home ministry and inspector general of police have been asked to respond within four weeks of this rule.
The HC bench of Justice JBM Hassan and Justice Md Khairul Alam came up with the rule on Thursday following a writ petition.
Arifur Rahman Murad Bhuiayan stood in favour of the writ petitioner while Deputy Attorney General (DAG) Tushar Kanti Roy represented the state during the hearing of the petition before the court.
Earlier on March 12, 2020, Arifur Rahman Murad Bhuiayan, founder and executive director of rights organisation Sarda Society, filed a writ with the High Court for seeking necessary directives on this matter.
In the petition, the petitioner said that recording of fingerprints and iris scans of citizens needs to be made mandatory to identify the dead bodies of unidentified people and locate missing people and offenders as well.
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