SC directs Gujarat Govt. to set up police c'ttee on riot cases

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 17 (PTI) The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat Government to set up a high-level police committee headed by the Director General of Police to reconsider closure reports filed in 2000 odd riot cases and find out whether further investigation was required or not.

The Court directed the DGP to inform it directly every three months about the progress made in this regard.

Of the 4200 odd riot cases in which FIR was registered by the Gujarat Police, over 2000 such cases were closed by the police, saying they could not trace the culprits.