Patna, Jan. 25: Patrons of cyber cafés of the state capital do not find it difficult to access the Internet without any identification or check adult sites in the privacy of special cubicle in sharp contrast to police orders.

In February last year, the police conducted raids at cyber cafés across the city to check alleged “immoral activities”. They also issued a slew of guidelines that Internet joints were supposed to follow. But nearly a year later, most cyber cafés do not care to follow any of the rules.

The police, too, have not followed up their diktat, claim sources.

Sanjeev Kesari, the owner of a cyber café at Kidwaipuri, told The Telegraph: “We ask for identification from only those users who are not familiar to us. For the rest of the customers — residents of the neighbourhood — we do not ask for any identification proof. We have also not installed any CCTV camera. Moreover, the police hardly come here to check what we are doing.”

According to the guidelines issued by the police last year, two CCTV cameras — one near the entrance, other near the computers — should be installed at the cyber cafés to record customers’ activities. Cabins in the outlets should be made of transparent glass. Their height should be low enough to allow eye contact with the person sitting in front.

The cyber cafés are also supposed to maintain an entry register. These should be kept up-to-date, with the name and cellphone numbers of visitors. Photocopies of credentials of patrons should also be kept by the cyber cafés.

Most cyber café owners, however, flout the regulations without hesitance because they know police would not challenge them.

Dhananjay Kumar, the owner of an Internet outlet on Ashok Rajpath, said: “We register the name and cellphone numbers of our customers but our cyber café has full cabins. There has been no action by the police.”

Asked what the police were doing to ensure that cyber cafés followed the guidelines, senior superintendent of police Alok Kumar told The Telegraph that steps were being taken to ensure that Internet joints toes the line. But he could not provide any detail on what action the police had taken to check the cyber cafés that violated the rules.

He said: “Raids conducted last year were our initiative. The drive was on the basis of tip-offs. We still conduct periodic raids to check if the guidelines are being followed. However, I am not in a position at present to furnish the details of the number of cyber cafés in the city registered with us.”

He added: “We are checking apartments and hotels to increase security.”