Human Rights Violations
The force has been accused repetitively for human rights violation in the states of North Eastern India. The custodial rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama of Manipur in July 11, 2004 is one of the many examples of violation of human rights.
The Wikileaks diplomatic cables have recently disclosed that Indian government employees agree to acts of human rights violations on part of the Assam Rifles in the Indian north-eastern state of Manipur. The violations have been carried out under the cover of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act Governor S.S. Sidhu admitted to the American Consul General in Kolkata, Henry Jardine, that the Assam Rifles in particular are perpetrators of violations in Manipur which the very same cables described as a state that appeared more of a colony and less of an Indian state.
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