Red Herring of AFSPA

Revoking AFSPA is nothing but a red herring. Legally a police constable has more powers in normal course of his duty than those given to and Armymen under AFSPA. For example in course of his routine duties (say in the state of Rajasthan or Tamilnadu) a police head constable can open fire without awaiting clearance from his superior and stop and search a suspect. Those opposing AFSPA are seeking to deny these powers to a Naik of the Army (equivalent rank to Head Constable) even in an area infested with insurgents and terrorists. How strange!