157 persons in the city detained under the Goondas Act in past 5 months
The Hindu
Seven held under the detention law this month so far
As many as 157 persons were detained under the stringent provisions of the Goondas Act over the past five months. Using the Goondas Act, black marketeers, who were arrested for hoarding and selling life-saving drugs at exorbitant prices, were detained under the orders of the present City Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal. “This year — from January 1 till June 5 — the Goondas Act was invoked against 101 accused, arrested on charges of murder and attempt to murder or causing public nuisance, 29 suspects of theft, chain-snatching and robbery, 12 cyber law offenders, 12 drug peddlers, one smuggler of PDS rice and two persons who hoarded the life-saving drug Remdesivir,” a senior police officer said.More Related News