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“We didn’t do anything wrong. We aren’t criminals. Our boys, who didn’t join the strike, were picked up from their homes, their house owners and relatives were arrested,” he claimed.
The Arunachal Pradesh Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 2014 is different from the UAPA in operation in other parts of the country and deals with criminal activities such as bootlegging but also people “activities… prejudicial to the security of the State”.
All Nyashi Youth Association (ANYA), had made serious allegations against CM Pema Khandu of scam of Rs 2,000 thousand crores of government funds. The special thing is that a petition was also filed in the Supreme Court regarding the matter of this allegation against the CM. But the top court rejected this petition.
After that, a 36-hour strike was called by the association, which was declared illegal by the government. However, ANYA declared that their strike was “successful” after normal life was hit in Itanagar and nearby areas such as Naharlagun.