Mumbai, Jul 10 (PTI) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday tabled in the assembly the Special Public Security Bill aimed at preventing Left Wing Extremism, with focus on urban Naxalism.
Fadnavis said more than 12,500 suggestions received from the public have been taken into consideration while finalising the bill.
The bill includes provisions for an ‘Advisory Board’, which will be headed by the Chief Justice of the high court or a retired chief justice.
Members of the board will be district magistrates or high court government pleaders, while the investigating officer will be of the rank of a superintendent of police instead of a police sub-inspector.
The bill was reintroduced in the last winter session of the assembly and was sent to the joint select committee.
Fadnavis had on Monday reviewed the draft of the bill, officials had said.
The opposition parties have raised objections on some aspects of the bill, including what they claim is an extensive interpretation of the term “urban Naxal”. PTI MR VT BNM
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