article_snippet.sent: Views on the new measure are mixed, with some concerned about the suppression of freedom of speech -- an already contentious issue in India.
article_snippet.sent: Last month, India failed to enforce a law that would allow authorities to arrest people who post offensive material on social media.
article_snippet.sent: Others believe India could learn from events further afield.
article_snippet.sent: Some say this method of crowd control needs regulation too.
article_snippet.sent: Questions have also been raised as to why the police are resorting to aggression.
article_snippet.sent: While I think it is bound to fail if not be another scam in the making, it also shows the mindset of the administration to not use dialogue and mediation to solve problems but use authoritarian and forceful methods," photojournalist Chirag Wakaskar in Mumbai told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: What they could do is start by having video surveillance in sensitive areas and have swifter justice.
article_snippet.sent: Protests are a common occurrence in India, a country with a population of 1.2 billion; Lucknow, the capital of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, also used drone cameras to monitor crowds at a recent religious festival.
article_snippet.sent: Kunal Sehgal contributed to this report.
highlights_snippet.sent: Some Indians have questioned why police are resorting to "authoritarian and forceful methods" 