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Three years after asking the CBI to investigate the killing of eight people in Edesmetta in 2013, the top court has closed the matter without any clarity on the outcome of the probe.
Despite the Justice V.K. Agarwal (retired) Commission holding the security forces responsible for killing innocent people, the Union government has sought action against the petitioner, activist Degree Prasad Chouhan.
In Bastar s Shaheen Bagh , a Youth-Led Movement Quietly Perseveres
Every effort is being made to repress the mass movement and paint it as a front of the Maoists. But the peaceful protest against a CRPF camp shows no sign of letting up.
The dharna at Silger. Photo: Nandini Sundar
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Silger (Chhattisgarh): Silger was like any other Koya village in Konta or Bijapur before it became the symbol of a non-violent struggle against security camps.
The village has four hamlets, a sacred grove, fields that shade into forest, a Patel or headman and a Pujari or priest. Like other villages in the area, Silger found its life upturned by the Salwa Judum, a state sponsored vigilante movement against Maoists and villagers.