Your evidence may be on CCTV. The problem is getting it in time

NEW DELHI: A CCTV camera may have recorded exactly what happened inside a police station, school or government office. But for the person who needs that footage as evidence, the bigger challenge may be reaching it before it disappears.Most CCTV systems overwrite old recordings after a limited period. And that creates an awkward race against time: an RTI application may not get you the footage, a court can order it to be preserved, but by the time a citizen figures out which route to take, the recording may already be gone.A recent Allahabad high court ruling has brought this problem into sharp focus. The court held that CCTV footage covered by exemptions under the RTI Act cannot simply be handed over through an RTI request.