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Among undertrials charged with being Maoists under stringent, non-bailable offences in Jharkhand, high numbers are Adivasis, Scheduled Castes and OBCs, a study led by late Fr. Stan Swamy had found in 2015. An alleged encounter during an Adivasi festival six years later shows not much has changed
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RANCHI: Civil rights activists under the banner of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha (JJM) investigated the incident of firing in Kuku-Piri forest on June 12 in which one Bramhadev Singh was killed. The JJM team’s findings were similar to that of the BJP ST wing, which accused the security forces of opening fire on villagers and ruled out the involvement of Maoists. The only difference between the observations of the two fact-finding teams remained in the identification of the security forces.
While the BJP team blamed the Jharkhand Jaguar and district police, the Mahasabha did not identify any security wing.