The personal information of tenants and house owners that Dhaka Metropolitan Police has been collecting on paper is being stored at police stations, while the work to set up a central database, as announced earlier, has yet to begin.

The High Court yesterday cleared the way for Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to collect information about residents of the area under its jurisdiction.

The High Court clears the way for Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to collect information from the tenants of DMP area.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday announced that it had been collecting “identification information” on landlords and tenants since November last year and asked all to provide the information by March 15.