Ahmedabad, April 18: Former chief justice of Rajasthan High Court A P Ravani today said instances of “preventive detention” have assumed “alarming” proportions in Gujarat post 2002 riots.
“On the basis of a reply given in Gujarat legislative assembly last month, I have learnt that annual preventive detentions in the state were between 4,500 and 5,000, which is alarming,” Ravani said while releasing a report ‘Compliance with the Paris Principles by the National Human Rights Commission of India’ here.
Post 2002 riots in Gujarat, instances of preventive detention have shot up, he said.
“Preventive detention of an individual is done on the basis of suspicion of crime and if this number has risen then its an issue of concern,” Ravani said
-Agencies