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Privacy activists and data security researchers say: Cordon and search -- apart from the instances of arrests made by police where they have said they were 'acting on tip-offs'. They did it by doing cordon and search. ALSO READ | Rohingyas in Telangana ready to surrender 'fake' Aadhaar cardsIn recent times, the State police has conducted numerous such operations in the Old City area of the city, including in the Rohingya camp in Balapur. The city police, despite being asked, is unable to furnish the sections under which they conduct cordon and search." Even AIMIM chief Asaduddin OWaisi too had recently said, "@TelanganaPolice please stop asking for Aadhaar during your “search & cordon” operations..