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Rule of law first victim of AFSPA : ex-IB official
Assam Tribune | R Dutta Choudhury | Guwahati, Nov 23
The first casualty of imposition of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act is the rule of the law as the Act gives sweeping powers to the armed forces to operate in the area declared as “disturbed” without any accountability. This was the observation made by former Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau, RN Ravi.
Ravi pointed out that when an area is declared as disturbed under the provisions of the AFSPA, all the persons living in the area are treated as suspects and the common people and not the militants are the worst sufferers.
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