<p>Irom Sharmila, who has been on an indefinite fast for the past 11 years, was today re-arrested on the charge of attempt to suicide, only a day after she was released.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dubbed Manipur's 'Iron Lady', the civil rights activist, who will turn 40 tomorrow, was produced in a local court which remanded her in judicial custody for 15 days, Additional SP of Imphal East district A K Jaljit told PTI.<br /><br />Sharmila, described as a 'habitual offender' by the court, has been arrested, released and re-arrested for not eating over the last 11 years. She is being nasal fed forcibly at the state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.<br /><br />Every fortnight she is taken to the magistrate and as refuses to break her fast, the court extends her judicial remand for another 15 days.<br /><br />Sharmila is on fast demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.<br /><br />Under Section 309 of the IPC, the maximum punishment for trying to commit suicide is one year. Therefore, she is released once every year, only to be re-arrested for continuing the fast.<br /><br />Meanwhile, to mark her birthday tomorrow, her supporters and family members have planned to light candles in all districts.<br /><br />"We will have programmes all over the state to mark the occasion and press for the repeal of the AFSPA Act," said Sharmila's elder brother Irom Singhajit. </p>
<p>Irom Sharmila, who has been on an indefinite fast for the past 11 years, was today re-arrested on the charge of attempt to suicide, only a day after she was released.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dubbed Manipur's 'Iron Lady', the civil rights activist, who will turn 40 tomorrow, was produced in a local court which remanded her in judicial custody for 15 days, Additional SP of Imphal East district A K Jaljit told PTI.<br /><br />Sharmila, described as a 'habitual offender' by the court, has been arrested, released and re-arrested for not eating over the last 11 years. She is being nasal fed forcibly at the state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.<br /><br />Every fortnight she is taken to the magistrate and as refuses to break her fast, the court extends her judicial remand for another 15 days.<br /><br />Sharmila is on fast demanding repeal of the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.<br /><br />Under Section 309 of the IPC, the maximum punishment for trying to commit suicide is one year. Therefore, she is released once every year, only to be re-arrested for continuing the fast.<br /><br />Meanwhile, to mark her birthday tomorrow, her supporters and family members have planned to light candles in all districts.<br /><br />"We will have programmes all over the state to mark the occasion and press for the repeal of the AFSPA Act," said Sharmila's elder brother Irom Singhajit. </p>