Indicting the Army for human rights violations in the alleged custodial death of Th Manorama Devi in Manipur, the National Commission for Women (NCW) said that the guilty should be given "exemplary punishment" even as it termed the protest against the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) an "emotional outburst."
Releasing the report of the Commission's September 19-21 state visit to Manipur, NCW Chairperson Poornima Advani said in New Delhi on Thursday that the guidelines pertaining to human rights in the exercise of the special powers were clearly violated by the troops of the Assam Rifles in the Manorama case.
"The killing of Manorama by the armed forces is not a point of controversy. And it is clear that guidelines pertaining to human rights were violated, one major omission being that when the Assam Rifles troops went to arrest Manorama, there was no woman police officer with them," Advani said.