Centre extends AFSPA in parts of Nagaland, Arunachal for 6 months

The Union Home Ministry extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in parts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for 6 months. New Delhi, UPDATED: Mar 25, 2023 08:16 IST The AFSPA offers militaries the power to restrict an event of 5 or more individuals in a “disrupted location” (Photo: Representational) By Press Trust of India: The Union Home Ministry on Friday extended “disrupted location” status under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in parts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for 6 months. The relocation has actually followed the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) examined the order circumstance in both states. The AFSPA empowers security forces to jail an individual without a warrant, get in or browse facilities without a warrant, and carry out other actions. According to the MHA notice, the main federal government in workout of the powers provided by Section 3 of the AFSPA 1958 had actually stated Changlang, Tirap and Longding districts in Arunachal Pradesh and the locations under the jurisdiction of Namsai and Mahadevpur police headquarters in Namsai district of Arunachal Pradesh, surrounding the state of Assam as ‘disrupted location’ on September 30, 2022 READ|Locations under AFSPA in Assam, Nagaland, Manipur decreased, states Amit Shah READ|Centre mulling elimination of AFSPA from some districts of J&K Published On: Mar 25, 2023