AFSPA

Someone said AFSPA should be repealed.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.