No justification for cases of lynching: Bimal Jalan (To go with I would not have approved of note ban: Bimal Jalan)

New Delhi Aug 9 (IANS) Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Bimal Jalan disapproves of incidents of lynching and says there can be no justification for them in a secular country like India.

"This is a law and order question. I am not an expert on this. How can you justify it? There cannot be any justification for it in a secular country like ours " Jalan said in an interview to IANS.

"Of course it is a matter of concern. There are certain crimes deviations from law that requires police action irrespective of this or that section. The problem needs to be resolved " he said.

Asked if the government was doing enough to check such incidents Jalan a former member of the Rajya Sabha said: "If the government was doing enough it won t happen."

--IANS
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