Panel for Withdrawal of AFSPA From Nagaland

In the aftermath of the killing of six civilians in an Army ambush on December 4, 2021, the Union Government formed a high-level committee to look into the withdrawal of AFSPA

from Nagaland on December 26, 2021.

Highlights:

A Secretary-level officer chairs the five-member committee. Vivek Joshi, India’s Registrar General, and Census Commissioner will lead the committee.

Piyush Goyal, the Union Home Ministry’s Additional Secretary, will serve as the committee’s Member-Secretary.

The committee also includes the Nagaland Chief Secretary and Director General of Police, as well as the DGP of the Join Our Telegram Channel

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Six civilians were killed in an Army ambush in Nagaland recently, prompting the formation of the committee.

Following the incident, calls to repeal AFSPA have become increasingly loud.