Someone said AFSPA should be repealed. I
was also of the similar opinion till I devolved deep into AFSPA.
I fully sympathize and agree with what naysayers
said. But my dear friends - consider the situation in which the militants are
roaming around frequently. Would you prefer a Army personnel to stand on the
road or the militant. I for sure would feel safer with presence of Army than
presence of militant. There was a Bollywood movie in which a ATS (Anti Terror
squad) has killed some terrorist preemptively. The lawyer of the policemen
asked the same question to the judge - Who would you give gun to protect your
house, a militant or a cop ?????
The response was -
...what if the army presumes you to be a
terrorist?The army under AFSPA can arrest and detain anyone without warrant if
they feel that the person might be a terrorist which is the deprivation of
basic human right
Dear Lucky, It was but after many incidents
that the cry for repealing this act has been raised by the masses in the north
east. I think it was not advocated to remove it from anywhere else in India
where it was needed. And please..don't refer bollywood movies to understand
matters of such grave seriousness.. I can't comment on Kashmir. It is a sensitive
issue. But I empathize with the innocent people who suffer because of Power
Misuse...Its only the common folks who suffer. You have to be there to
understand the real situation..
Yes, the issue is complex and I agree that
you have to be there to feel it. I agree its easier to write while sitting in
comfortable place in Delhi but the situation might have been different if I
would have been in Manipur or Kashmir. The presumptions of army are really not
the right thing. But still we need to find solution to improve the AFSPA like
intense scrutiny of the case by other central agencies and solution deadline of
say 1 month. I believe AFSPA is evil but their non presence is worse. It may
lead to violation of human right of 1 out of 10000 individuals, but it is
collectively good for rest all 9,999 people. But yes, the agony of that 1
individual is something which needs solution.
