Watch: How Bastar villagers remembered 17 Adivasis killed by security forces in 2012 Sarkeguda
A judicial commission in December 2019 indicted security forces for killing 17 civilians in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district in June 2012.
Bastar is seen as an area of violent conflict, but it is also the home of inspiring nonviolent movements. Here people are remembering 17 adivasis killed by the security forces on 28 June 2012 in Sarkeguda. Judicial enquiry pronounced the forces guilty. pic.twitter.com/WQkTpLjWOs
— Bela Bhatia (@Belaben) June 29, 2021
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