In a move to empower the local police to nab persons on the basis of suspicion, the Vijay Rupani Government in Gujarat is mulling to table much talked about the Gujarat Protection of Internal Security Act (GPISA) in the upcoming Budget Session of the State Assembly.
Under the provisions of the bill no prosecution would be required against the person under suspicion. As per GPISA internal security was threaten by ‘proxies of a hostile foreign power’ within the State and hence the proposed bill would allow ‘protection of action taken in good faith’.
An internal security committee consisting the CM, State Home Minister and other important functionaries of the State would oversee internal security related matters.
Source close to the development said that the bill to be tabled in the budget session would be important to counter internal security challenges posed by terrorism, insurgency, communalism and even caste based violence with malign intention.
Under the act offences are punishable and would be cognisable, non-bailable, non-compoundable and can be tried by sessions court. Even institutions, both public as well as private have been covered under the purview of GPISA and such institutions could be put under electronic surveillance, he said, adding that provision of punitive actions ranging from fine up to imprisonment or both have been made under GPISA.