Chennai: Tamil Nadu government on October 24 constituted a two-member committee to review Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) detentions in the state.

An official press release said Justice K S Bakthavatasalam, retired judge of the Madras and Karnataka High Courts, would head the committee, while retired IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer R Shanmugam would be member of the committee.

So far, 13 persons including Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) general secretary Vaiko and Tamil Nationalist Movement leader P Nedumaran have been detained under POTA.

PTI