National Human Rights Commission has strongly criticised Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat while asking him to submit the exact figure of Muslim prisoners languishing in different prisons of Gujarat. A number of Muslim prisoners have been there in different jails of the state with no single court hearings for a long period. However, the Commission has disapproved the figure was recently submitted to it by the state authority following the directions of the Commission. The Commission further asked the government to submit the detailed figure of Muslim prisoners in all the state prisons without any further delay.
The directions came after some relatives belonging to different prisoner’s families have approached the Commission to lodge complaint against the state government and its attitude towards Muslims.