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AFSPA in Assam
October 6 , 2023
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- The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or the AFSPA has been extended in four districts of the Assam for six more months.
- Only four districts in Assam -Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Sivasagar and Charaideo will have AFSPA.
- The AFSPA has been withdrawn from Jorhat, Golaghat, Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao with effect from October 1.
- The AFSPA empowers security forces to conduct operations and arrest anyone without any prior warrant.
- It is also giving immunity from arrest and prosecution to the forces if they shoot someone dead.
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