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186 cases of abuse in AFSPA enforced states in 4 yrs -Rumu Banerjee

-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: Between 2012 and 2016, a total of 186 complaints of human rights abuses by defence personnel were recorded in states where the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is in force, with the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir accounting for almost half the complaints.

Of the 186 complaints received between, the ministry of home affairs (MHA), while answering an RTI query, said that 127 cases of rights violations had been disposed of. "The data supplied by MHA under RTI does not indicate whether these complaints (which were disposed of) were found to be true or false," said Venkatesh Nayak of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI).

Nayak added that the data showed that J&K accounted for 49.5% of the complaints, while a little over 31% were from people in Assam. "Manipur accounted for a little more than 11%, with Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Tripura accounting for fewer than 10 complaints each. Only one complaint was received from Nagaland during this period," said Nayak. He added, "Interestingly, more than 57% of the complaints of human rights violations received from Assam are shown as pending."

The MHA reply also shows that monetary relief to the tune of Rs. 6.47 crores was recommended in 117 cases during this period, with J&K accounting for only 3% of the recommended monetary relief, despite having the highest number of complaints.

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