Watch: Gujarat Assembly Passes Controversial Anti-Terror Bill
9 years, 11 months ago

Watch: Gujarat Assembly Passes Controversial Anti-Terror Bill

The Quint  

The bill called the ‘Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime Bill’ is so contentious that past versions of the bill, have been rejected by Presidents Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil. The controversial provisions of the bill include allowing the police to intercept phone calls and wire communications and use the conversations as evidence in a court of law. Also, as per the proposed law a confession made before a police officer “shall be admissible” as evidence “in the trial of the accused.” Critics say this will give immense power to the police to get confessions through torture, pressure, coercion or duress. “Intention isn’t correct, they have done it for political gain”, said Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil.

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