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AFSPA may go in parts of Jammu and Kashmir
Times of India | TNN | Oct 12, 2011, 06.45AM IST
The controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), which gives unlimited powers to security forces to search, seize and arrest without any warrant in disturbed areas, may soon be withdrawn from some parts of Jammu & Kashmir.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday briefed Union home minister P Chidambaram about the improved security situation in the state and spoke to him about the possibility of withdrawing the AFSPA from "certain parts" of J&K. The meeting was a "comprehensive review" of the security situation in the state.
He said: "We also discussed the possibility of removal of the AFSPA and the Disturbed Areas Act from certain parts of the state. I will return and have a discussion with my cabinet colleagues and officers after which we can take a decision." Omar, however, cautioned that this did not mean there "will be an overnight revocation of the AFSPA or the Disturbed Areas Act from the entire state".
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