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Raipur: Residents of as many as 103 villages in Chhattisgarhâs Kanker district have launched an indefinite strike against two new Border Security Force (BSF) camps in the Maoist-affected area.Â
The protesters, camping at Koyalibeda in the Pakhanjur Nagar panchayat area since Wednesday, allege that the BSF camps have been built on sacred ancient tribal land â locally called
Devasthals.Â
They are now demanding that police and the local administration pull down the two camps and restore their holy sites. The two camps have come up on the banks of the Mendaki river at Tumaraghat and Karkaghat areas of Koyalibeda.Â