73 offenders detained under Goondas Act in Coimbatore this year
COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore city police have detained 73 offenders, mostly
rowdy elements
and chain snatchers, under the
Goondas Act
from January to April 24 this year.
People who have been detained under the Goondas Act include those who were arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and those who were involved in the sale of drugs and banned tobacco products.
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The 73 people detained under the Goondas Act include 26
drug offenders
, 16 property offenders, 20 law & order offenders, seven sexual offenders and four cybercrime offenders.
City police commissioner A Saravana Sundar said such detention would create fear among the criminals, and they would spend at least nine months to one year in jail. It would help reduce crimes and prevent law and order issues.
Sundar said that when the notorious criminals and other offenders were detained under the Goondas Act, at least their activities would be prevented for a maximum of one year.
'We are mostly detaining the repeated offenders under the Goondas Act,' said Saravana Sundar.
The Tamil Nadu Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Cyber Law Offenders, Drug Offenders, Forest Offenders, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders, Sand Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Slum Grabbers and Video Pirates Act of 1982 is commonly referred as the Goondas Act. Legal professionals call it Act 14 of 1982.
S Balamurugan, a national secretary of the People's Union for Civil Liberties, said the preventive detention law was used against the economically and socially poor background people. 'Before commencing the judicial trial, how can a district magistrate or a commissioner of police detain the offenders for a period of one year without any trial. This system should be abolished,' said Balamurugan.
He said some of the offenders were spending their days behind the bars under the goondas detention.
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Some of them managed to come out from the detention after approaching the
. However, it would take at least six months period to quash the detention.
'It is a common right for every individual for a fair trial. There is no govt policy to detain the offenders under the Goondas Act. The chance for a fair trial should be given to everyone,' he added.
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