Srinagar: Renowned economist and academic Jean Dreze was detained by the Jharkhand police on Thursday. Dreze, who was part of the National Advisory Council, was detained some 40 kilomteres outside of Garhwa, located in western Jharkhand.
Dreze was detained for allegedly holding a public meeting without permission from authorities.
Dreze is known for his activism on the right to food. The Belgian-born development economist co-authored Hunger and Public Action, which focussed on the problem of hunger in the modern world. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was the other author of the book.
