The lack of compulsion to prove wrongdoing beyond a reasonable doubt is at the heart of the security laws’ enduring appeal

The Indian State has conceived itself as a ‘security State’, and as the police apparatus is heavily overburdened, the fabricated arrests of members of minority communities are sacrifices made to create the appearance of relative safety and a protective State.
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Ravi Nair

The writer is the executive director, South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre.

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