Updated: March 29, 2024 10:42 AM IST 
Guwahati: AFSPA (Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act) extended in four districts of Assam – Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo and Sivasagar – for a further period of 6 months with effect from April 1, 2024. The decision to extend it comes after the Assam Police Headquarters submitted a report to the government suggesting the imposition of “Disturbed Area” under AFSPA be extended beyond March 31, 2024.
Centre has extended AFSPA in certain districts of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland too. In Arunachal, AFSPA has been extended in Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts. Besides, areas falling under Namsai, Mahadevpur and Chowkham police stations in Namsai district. In Nagaland, AFSPA has been extended in 8 districts–Dimapur, Niuland, Chumoukedima, Mon, Kiphire, Noklak, Phek and Peren, and 21 police station limits in five districts of the state.
Earlier, the Act was withdrawn from April 1, 2022 from the entire state of Assam, barring nine districts and a sub-division of Cachar district. The state was declared a ‘disturbed area’ under the AFSPA in November 1990 and it was periodically extended for six months since then.
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