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The AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without any prior warrant, besides giving immunity from arrest and prosecution to the forces if they shoot someone dead.

Assam DGP G P Singh announced this at an event marking Assam Police Day in Guwahati.

The United Naga Council (UNC) said the exemption of areas under 19 police stations in Imphal valley “which is gripped by violence and lawlessness since May 3, 2023, in sharp contrast to the AFSPA coverage in the peaceful Naga areas in Manipur is highly questionable”.

CRA stated that the officials of the Indian security forces deployed in Manipur should be held accountable for their inability to save their lives.

Assam DGP Gyanendra Pratap Singh announced the decision during his address at the Assam Police Day celebrations in Guwahati on Sunday

At the Assam Police Day 2023 celebrations, Singh said, "From today, only four districts in Assam will have AFSPA. These are Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar and Charaideo,” Gyanendra Pratap Singh said.

The controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa), which was enforced in eight districts of Assam, has been lifted from four districts and e

India News: The controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1952 (Afspa), has been lifted from four districts in Assam while being extended in the remaining

The extension of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the state of Manipur, excluding 19 police station areas including Imphal, was approved by the Governor of Manipur. This means that the entire state of Manipur, except for these specified areas, will be designated as a "Disturbed Area" under AFSPA for a period of six months, starting from October 1.

The Manipur government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa) in the state for another six months, starting from October 1. Howeve