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Supreme
Court stops Chhattisgarh from using tribals in Salwa Judum
Tuesday July 05, 2011 08:26:48 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The Supreme Court Tuesday slammed the Chhattisgarh government for
using tribals as special police officers (SPOs) in its Salwa Judum
counter-insurgency operation against the Maoists, saying this
should immediately stop.
An apex court bench of Justice B. Sudershan Reddy and Justice S.S
Nijjar directed the Chhattisgarh government to immediately "cease
and desist" from recruiting tribals as SPOs for Salwa Jadum.
The court said that the use of such ill-trained and unqualified
tribals as SPOs was against the moral and constituional mandate of
the government.
The court directed the Chhattisgarh government to recover all the
firearms given to SPOs along with the ammunition. It directed the
central government to ensure that its finances are not used for
funding such illegal activities.
It also ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into
an attack on social activist Swami Agnivesh in a tribal area of
the state March 23, 2011.
The court order came in the wake of a petition by a Delhi
University professor Nandini Sunder seeking a ban on Salwa Jadum
activities and relief and rehabilitation of the internally
displaced tribals.
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