To ward off threats from terrorists and other anti-social elements, the city police has made mandatory the showing of a photo identity card by every person who surfs internet in cyber cafe.
The order, issued by city police commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty, comes into effect from today.
"I have issued the order keeping in mind the modus operandi of terrorists and other anti-social elements. Such persons may use cyber cafes to contact their accomplices over mail. Terrorists also interact with their contacts on details of their designs," Chakraborty told PTI here.
The order makes it compulsory for internet parlour owners to seek the photo I-cards from customers and record their names and addresses as also details about the time of log in, duration of use and the serial number of computer used. The details have to be kept on the server for six months.
The foreigners would be asked to furnish their passports, a top police official said. -- PTI
