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crime.” 347 Villagers we interviewed gave us information about 49 people who were killed for allegedly supporting Salwa Judum. 348 One woman described the killing of her husband who had been forcibly brought into a camp by Salwa Judum members and government security forces. She said, My husband went back to the village [from the camp] to bring grains for us to eat. When he went back, they [Naxalites] abducted him, killed him and left his body on the road … This happened in July last year [2006] … I have not gone back to my village even once. I don’t know why Naxalites killed my husband—he was not a sarpanch, he was not a patel, he was not an SPO, he was nothing. 349 Another woman who was abducted and released by Naxalites in April 2006 recounted her experience: We all— men and women together—went back [from the camp] in a big group to our village to bring back things. Naxalites abducted us from our village and took us to the jungle— blindfolded and with our hands tied. We walked for four days in the jungle. When we tried covering our eyes or bent down because we did not want to see them [Naxalites] beating the men, they [Naxalites] would grab us by the hair and make us watch it. When we told them we were hungry and wanted to eat something, they gave us dead frogs to eat. They also made us drink something that smelled like urine. I knew some of the Naxalites because they were villagers from Manikonta and Gaganpalli. They kept us for four days. After the first two days, the men and women were separated. After the four days, they brought us [women] and left us 347 Human Rights Watch interview with Modiyam Lokesh (pseudonym), camp resident, Dornapal camp, date withheld. 348 Human Rights Watch interviews with Apka Karthik (pseudonym), camp resident, Konta camp, December 9, 2007; Kishore Nanda (pseudonym), student, location withheld, January 26, 2008; Mangesh (pseudonym), student, location withheld, January 27, 2008; Umang Deep (pseudonym), camp resident of Dornapal camp, location confidential. January 28, 2008; Kaskul Naiyya (pseudonym), IDP from Nayapara, village K3, Khammam district, December 2, 2007; woman who was abducted (who chose to remain anonymous), other details withheld; Emla Dhruvesh (pseudonym), camp resident, other details withheld; Dasru Mangesh (pseudonym), SPO, other details withheld. 349 Human Rights Watch interview with Kadtam Urmila (pseudonym), camp resident, Dornapal camp, December 12, 2007. 107 Human Rights Watch July 2008
near the Boddiguda dam. We were about 15 women. We walked till Manikonta, and from Manikonta we got a truck and were coming back when on our way we saw around 15 bodies of the men who were with us. Some of them were lined up along the road and others were strewn on the side. When we were on the way to the camp, we saw the force [Central Reserve Police Force or CRPF] going [to collect the bodies]. My husband was among those killed. 350 Emla Dhruvesh, another victim of Naxalite abduction stated that on July 8, 2006, Naxalites stopped the public bus that he was traveling in near Manikonta on the national highway. They blocked all traffic and forced travelers including him to attend a meeting nearby. “Naxalites were making speeches against Salwa Judum and telling everyone not to support them,” said Emla Dhruvesh. After the meeting most of the travelers were allowed to leave. But Naxalites recognized him and kept him back. “Earlier they used to tell me to join them. They knew I was educated,” he said. He and three others were blindfolded. Their hands were tied behind their backs. They were then marched for what Emla Dhruvesh thinks must be at least two kilometers. “Finally we reached their camp and our blindfolds were removed. There were at least 40-50 Naxalites resting there. They had all kinds of weapons.” One of the commanders began to question him. They said that his brother was an SPO and beat him with rifles and sticks. He begged for mercy and explained that he did not follow politics and was studying in a college in Sukma. He even showed them identification documents from his college. Emla Dhruvesh recognized a local village council leader and another villager among those in Naxalite custody along with him. In the evening, all the prisoners were given food. The prisoners were then paired up, and their wrists tied together. A small group of Naxalites began to march them through the forest when he managed to escape. He described, I was tied to a man called [name withheld]. I could see that we were being taken towards the road. I knew this meant that they were 350 Human Rights Watch interview with villager (who chose to remain anonymous), camp resident, Dornapal, December 12, 2007. “Being Neutral is Our Biggest Crime” 108
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to our village had bows and arrows,
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camps. 109 Two SPOs came forward to
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Gangi, one of the villagers, said t
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weeks [from the first visit to the
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