Referring to the recent amendment in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the formation of NIA, Modi claimed that the laws have many "loopholes".
Attacking the UPA government for asking Pakistan to accept the statement of Ajmal Amir, lone terrorist caught alive for Mumbai attacks, as evidence, Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, said the country itself "does not have a similar provision under its laws".
"We tell Pakistan that Ajmal has given the statement and consider this as evidence as everything has been done from Pakistan. We tell US also that his statement should be considered as evidence," Modi said, while inaugurating the 19th All India Forensic Science Conference in Ahemdabad.
"What if Pakistan and US both tell India that does your law have similar provision which accepts Ajmal's statement as evidence? What can be more unfortunate?" he wondered.
"There is no law in our country that would consider the statement of an arrested person before a top-level police officer as evidence," he added.
"Despite the situation, we are trying to convince Pakistan to consider the statement as evidence. This is very much contradictory," Modi said.
"The abolished Pota had that provision, Gujcoc (Gujarat Control of Organised Crime) has the same provision and even Macoca has the similar provision," he said, adding "We also need a similar law at the national level to fight terrorism."
"If one who has committed a crime makes a statement before a higher rank police officer, it should be treated as evidence in the court of law," he added.
Referring to the recent amendment in the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and the formation of NIA (National Investigation Act), Modi claimed that the laws are not complete and they have many "loopholes".
"Because of the loopholes, terrorists like Ajmal, who has told the Mumbai police in detail about how and where the conspiracy was planned, cannot be considered as an evidence," he said.
According to him, the statement made by Ajmal can only be considered as an evidence when appropriate changes are made in the law.
"We have already put our suggestions before the central government and are awaiting their response," he added.
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