AFSPA gets six-month extension in Manipur

May 22, 2017 08:31 pm | Updated 08:31 pm IST - IMPHAL

The Manipur Cabinet on Saturday night decided to extend the Disturbed Areas Act for another period of six months to facilitate the imposition of the AFSPA except in seven Assembly segments in Imphal. The government had lifted the AFSPA from these segments on August 12, 2004.

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