 Meanwhile, the Minister of Interior, Raouf Aragbashala, is set to meet with state governors to agree on the mass release of at least 30% of emates from custodial centres across the country. Aragbashala said that the interface was necessary as more than 90% of the emates were being held for contravenient various state laws. He also said that over 70% of the 75,635 emates present were awaiting trial. According to him, some of the awaiting trial emates have stayed longer than the punishments provided by law for the crime they were arrested for.