Scores of Indian soldiers killed in Maoist ambushes
17:27 GMT, Tuesday, 6 April 2010 18:27 UK
--bbc.co.uk--

Maoist rebels have killed at least 75 Indian soldiers (Salwa Judum) in a series of attacks on security convoys in the central state of Chhattisgarh, officials say. A large patrol of federal paramilitary troops (Salwa Judum) was ambushed at dawn by hundreds of heavily armed insurgents in a remote part of Dantewada district. (cont.)


What is Salwa Judum?
--theOtherIndia.org--

Salwa Judum (literally "purification hunt") is a state sponsored counterinsurgency campaign started in Dantewada district of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh in 2005, which involved vigilante gangs accompanied by state security forces burning villages, killing people and forcing them into camps, as part of an effort to counter Naxalites (Maoist guerrillas). Over 644 villages have been affected and some 300,000 people displaced. Various reports critiquing the Salwa Judum are

The PUCL report
ACHR report
IAPL report
Human Rights Features report
Planning Commission report
Independent Citizens' Initiative

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