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Justice Verma panel for amendment to AFSPA
Thursday January 24, 2013 11:16:33 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Justice J.S. Verma Committee
Wednesday recommended amendment to the Armed Forces (Special
Powers) Act (AFSPA). The proposal was a part of the report to
suggest ways to make rape laws stringent in the country.
In its 631-page voluminous report, the three-member committee has
proposed amendment to Section 6 of the AFSPA which gives the
Indian armed forces arbitrary powers in the states that have been
declared "disturbed areas" riddled with militancy.
"No prosecution, suit or other legal proceedings shall be
instituted, except sanction of the central government, against any
person in respect of anything done or purported to be done in
exercise of the powers conferred by this act," stated the report.
Currently, Jammu and Kashmir and four northeast states Manipur,
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Assam are under the AFSPA.
Security personnel have been accused of committing rapes in these
regions where the forces enjoy special powers to tackle militancy
and insurgency.
Rights activists have been demanding revocation of the AFSPA from
these regions.
The Verma commitee was set up in the wake of the gruesome
gang-rape and assault of a trainee physiotherapist in Delhi Dec 16
night in a moving bus which led to a nationwide outrage. The woman
died in a Singapore hospital 13 days later.
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