NEW DELHI: A panel of secretaries looking into the possibility of enacting a law against lynching has submitted its report to a group of ministers headed by home minister Rajnath Singh , sources said on Wednesday.

The sources said the committee, under the leadership of home secretary Rajiv Gauba, held consultations with a cross-section of society and other stakeholders before submitting its report.

The GoM will now analyse the report and submit its recommendations to PM Modi for a final decision, a home ministry official said.

According to sources, the panel suggested that existing provisions in the Indian Penal Code and Criminal Procedure Code should be tightened by inserting new clauses.

The GoM includes foreign minister Sushma Swaraj , highways minister Nitin Gadkari , law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and social justice minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot. The move comes after nearly 40 people were lynched in the past one year.

