MHA declares Nagaland as disturbed area for another 6 months ANI | Updated: Dec 30, 2020 20:13 IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday further extended the operation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland for six more months while declaring the state as disturbed area , according to a government notification.
The Government of India had in the past extended this declaration which has been in the state for several years. The latest order is in effect from today. Whereas the Central Government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of the State of Nagaland is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary, the MHA said in a notification.
Entire Nagaland declared disturbed area under AFSPA as condition dangerous , says MHA
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Published: Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 18:46 [IST]
New Delhi Dec 30: The entire Nagaland was on Wednesday declared a disturbed area for six more months by the central government, enabling the continuation of the controversial AFSPA which empowers security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without any prior warrant.
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been in force in Nagaland for several decades.
The MHA said in a notification that the central government is of the opinion that the area comprising the whole of Nagaland is in such a disturbed and dangerous condition that the use of armed forces in aid of the civil power is necessary.
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Disturbed area Act promulgated in Nagaland, Manipur (Ld)
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Manipur: Security personnel inspect the place of a blast where a powerful remote controlled bomb was detonated near Telipati, Imphal east district in Manipur on Nov 3, 2019. Reportedly three personnel of 120 Border Security Force were seriously wound. Image Source: IANS News
Kohima/Imphal, Dec 30 : The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which allow security forces to conduct operations anywhere and arrest anyone without any prior warrant, was promulgated in Nagaland and Manipur in view of the disturbing situations , officials said on Wednesday.
An official of the Nagaland Home Department said in Kohima that the entire Nagaland on Wednesday was declared as a disturbed area for another six months by the Union Home Ministry.
The two civilian sources , who were with him at the time, are in police custody.
A police statement issued late on Sunday said the officer and two others planted illegally acquired weapons and material on their dead bodies after stripping them of their identities and tagged them as hardcore terrorists in possession of war-like stores .
In September, the Indian army admitted its soldiers had exceeded powers under the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which accords impunity to soldiers in the killing of the civilians.
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The army had initially claimed that the three men were killed in a gun battle in the village of Amshipora in south Kashmir and that three weapons were found on them.