Police have asked the High Court for authority to place nine more individuals under its monitor and control (MoniCon) program, and place monitoring devices on them.
The Home Ministry had forwarded the names of these individuals for approval on October 1st, and the decision to follow through with monitoring them was made on Tuesday.
Police had previously revealed that they had requested the ministry to issue MoniCon orders against 16 suspected criminals.
The anti-terrorism law states that the Home Minister has sole say on whom to issue MoniCon orders, and a four-member advisory committee was formed for this purpose in June 2016.
