Explained: Controversial Law AFSPA, Back In Focus After Naga Op Killings
NDTV
The chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya, both allied to the BJP, are demanding that the controversial law AFSPA be withdrawn.
The killing of Nagaland villagers in an Army ambush gone horrifically wrong has once again turned the spotlight back on the controversial Armed Forces (Special) Powers) Act of 1958.
On Saturday, 14 villagers and a soldier died in Nagaland's Mon district after an Army op to track down insurgents went off script. A police FIR has said the Army's 21 Para Special Forces "blankly opened fire".
The chief ministers of Nagaland and Meghalaya, both allied to the BJP, are demanding that the Act be withdrawn.
"AFSPA gives powers to the Army to arrest civilians without any arrest warrant, raid houses and also kill people. But there is no action against the security forces. They have created a law and order situation," said Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio.
