Which of the following statements is incorrect ........

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?

AFSPA was enacted in 1958 to bring ‘disturbed’ areas declared under armed forces control.

Only the Union Government is entitled to declare an area as ‘disturbed’.

Once the area is declared as ‘disturbed’ it has to maintain status quo for a minimum of three months.

At present AFSA is in force in 6 states.

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Explanation:

Second option is correct.

In news – Post NRC tensions cropping, AFSPA has been imposed for 6 more months in Assam. AFSPA was enacted in 1958 to bring ‘disturbed’ areas declared under it under control. It empowers both state and central government to declare areas as ‘disturbed’ due to differences or disputes between members of different religious, racial, language or regional groups or castes or communities. The section (3) of the Act empowers governor of State/UT to issue an official notification in Gazette of India, following which Centre has authority to send in armed forces for civilian aid. Once declared ‘disturbed’, the region has to maintain status quo for a minimum of three months.

The Act gives special powers to army and state and central police forces to shoot to kill, search houses and destroy any property used by insurgents in disturbed areas. It also provides army personnel with safeguards against malicious, vindictive and frivolous prosecution. At present, the AFSA has been enforced in 6 states viz. Assam, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh (only the Tirap, Changlang and Longding districts plus 20-km belt bordering Assam), Manipur (except Imphal municipal area), Meghalaya (confined to 20-km belt bordering Assam) and Jammu and Kashmir.