: Jharkhand villager killed by security forces on June 12 without any provocation: Civil rights group #IndiaNEWS Civil rights group Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha on Wednesday found that a 24-year-old

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Jharkhand villager killed by security forces on June 12 without any provocation: Civil rights group #IndiaNEWS
Civil rights group Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha on Wednesday found that a 24-year-old villager was shot dead by security forces on suspicion of being a Maoist operative in Piri village of Latehar district on June 12.Villagers told a fact-finding team, comprising representatives of various organisations, journalists, lawyers and social workers, that they had gone to a nearby forest on a traditional hunting ritual, when security forces opened fire at them without any warning or provocation. The police have also filed a first information report at the local Garu police station booking six villagers under various charges, including the Arms Act, for keeping weapons and firing at security forces. Brahmadev Singh, the man killed in the incident, is also among those who have been named in the FIR. The villagers told the fact-finding team that they were made to sign on several sheets of paper, including on blank pages, without informing them about the contents of the document.In the FIR filed on June 13, the police said that they spotted few men armed with guns and asked them to surrender. However, the men opened fire, the FIR alleged, prompting the security forces to shoot in retaliation. The FIR does not mention the villagers’ claim that...Read more

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