Sarkeguda killings: Villagers, activists demand fresh FIR against Raman, cops
(WorldNews India)

Five days after it emerged that the Justice V K Agarwal judicial commission had indicted security forces over an encounter at Sarkeguda in Chhattisgarh´s Bijapur, villagers and activists have submitted a complaint to the local police station, demanding the registration of a fresh FIR. The encounter in question occurred in June 2012, in which 17 people were killed and 10 were injured after security forces claimed they were attacked by a Maoist meeting and opened retaliatory fire in Sarkeguda village. However, the villagers maintained that they had only gathered to discuss modalities for Beej Pandum, a local tribal festival, and said there were no Maoists or arms at the spot. Under pressure...