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  Army can't use excessive force in AFSPA-notified areas, rules Supreme Court

  India | July 09, 2016 11:47 IST

  The Supreme Court on Friday held that the Indian Army and the paramilitary forces cannot use excessive or retaliatory force even in areas where the Armed Forces Special Powers Act has been notified.

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  Assam Rifles deny charges of extra-judicial killings

  India | June 01, 2013 9:23 IST

  Shillong, May June 1: Assam Rifles Director General Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh yesterday denied that his troopers were involved in any extra-judicial killing during their counter-insurgency operations in India's northeastern states."It is not true that