Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy said the notice was issued only in the context of implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations. more-inThe Home Ministry on Saturday withdrew the controversial circular issued by the office of the Director-General and Inspector-General of Police (DG&IGP) to heads of all districts on dropping cases registered against “innocent minorities”, claiming that it was a “clerical error”. The Cabinet subcommittee constituted for implementation of the committee recommendations had sought information from all police officials on cases registered against those from minority community. As many as 414 cases, registered against innocent people during protests or clashes, were withdrawn between 2015 and 2017. “There have been 43,000 such cases registered for drunken driving,” he added.

Source: The Hindu January 27, 2018 19:03 UTC