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04/10/22 05:58 AM IST

AFSPA extended in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland for six months

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  • The Central government has extended the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh and nine districts of Nagaland for six months.
AFSPA,1958
  • The AFSPA gives armed forces the power to prohibit a gathering of five or more people in a "disturbed area".
  • It also allows security personnel to use force and even open fire after due warning in the case of a breach of law and order.
  • It gives them powers to arrest individuals without warrants, on the basis of “reasonable suspicion”, and search premises without warrants.
  • Disturbed under Section 3: It can be imposed by the Center or the Governor of a state, on the state or parts of it, after areas are declared “disturbed’.
  • Amendment in 1972: The powers to declare an area as “disturbed” were conferred concurrently upon the Central government along with the States.
  •  Currently, the Union Home Ministry issues periodic “disturbed area” notification to extend AFSPA only for Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
Source- Indian Express 

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