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more-inRarely does a State Police Chief get ‘kidnapped’ in broad daylight while being watched by a crowd. State Police Chief Loknath Behera travelling in an autonomous car as part of a live car hacking session organised as part of Cocon 2018 in the city on Friday. A Tata Nano car fitted with sensors, cameras and precision Global Positioning System was used for the demo. However, such a car also presented a law-and-order and security challenge considering that it could be hacked and used for disruptive activities. The anchor of the session asked whether the tragedy would have happened had the gifted musician travelled in an autonomous car, which largely rules out the probability of an accident due to driver fatigue..