Reduce Areas Under AFSPA, Civil Society Groups Say Even as Defence Officials Hail Ops Under It

Moreover, 65 insurgents were arrested this year from the southern districts of Arunachal Pradesh, 200 from Nagaland and 171 from Manipur and 28 from Assam, while seven have been killed in south Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur and Assam each. Narcotics worth Rs 33 crore, Rs 15 crore and Rs 916 crore were seized in south Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur this year, the data showed. Around 57 weapons were recovered from insurgents in south Arunachal Pradesh, 163 from Nagaland and 165 from Manipur and 33 from Assam. In the last two years, 95 and 75 insurgents were caught in south Arunachal Pradesh, 176 and 205 in Nagaland, 422 and 213 in Manipur, the data added.

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