SARKEGUDA, Bijapur: Sarkeguda village in southern Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh, where 17 people died in the June 28 meeting by the joint forces, is facing a road that locals call the "Khooni Raasta" (way of murderer .)
The skeletons of several vehicles along the road running through thick woods, surly are a sad reminder of the bloodshed on the roads since 2006. The road and the surrounding villages were devastated by the scourge of the Maoists, Salwa Judum and security forces.
Between 2006 and 2012, the 52 km road linking the district headquarters Bijapur town Sarkeguda Basaguda and beyond was bleeding for more than a dozen explosions by Maoists and several armed clashes between rebels and security forces.
Police records show that the Maoists caused at least six explosions of IED blowing up vehicles of the residents. They flew several vehicles of the security forces killed at least a dozen jawans. At gunpoint, the Maoists forced the passengers of buses and looted the ration for the security forces. They attacked police stations and explosions near CRPF camps.Currently, there are about five CRPF camps along the road, the last at Basaguda where a contingent composed of CRPF, state police command COBRA and left on the night of June 28 Silger operation .
In Sarkeguda village, about 3 km away, the Maoists allegedly fired on them leading to the encounter that killed 17 people and wounded six CRPF jawans.
The river flowing through the field Taalperu Basaguda CRPF is known as the Line of Control (LoC). From 2006 until recently, the river divides the liberated zone of the Maoists controlled territory government, security forces and Salwa Judum. CRPF officials admitted that until around 2009, they could not cross the bridge over the river Taalperu.
Sarkeguda people, police Basaguda limits, falls in the Maoist released. After the June 28 meeting, the villagers are haunted by the memory of their lives in exile not long ago. "We fled our home in 2006 after Salwa Judum members looted and burned our houses," Kaka said Kamla from the neighboring village of Kottaguda.Through Bastar Dantewada and indivisible, the inhabitants of 644 villages displaced after the fire, looting, murder and rape. Some (like in the village of Lingagiri) ran away from home after Salwa Judum accompanied by the security forces attacked the villagers and their crops burned.
"Soon, the once-bustling shopping center in Basaguda become a ghost town," said Narayan Markam, sarpanch of Sarkeguda. Earlier, traders in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra came to Basaguda for business.
Two years ago, with the help of NGOs, villagers returned to reclaim their land and rebuild their lives from the rubble.
"After the police killed our people, our children, residents fear that if they have to flee their homes again," Lakshmi said Kaka. His son Rahul Kaka, 16, was killed in the encounter
The skeletons of several vehicles along the road running through thick woods, surly are a sad reminder of the bloodshed on the roads since 2006. The road and the surrounding villages were devastated by the scourge of the Maoists, Salwa Judum and security forces.
Between 2006 and 2012, the 52 km road linking the district headquarters Bijapur town Sarkeguda Basaguda and beyond was bleeding for more than a dozen explosions by Maoists and several armed clashes between rebels and security forces.
Police records show that the Maoists caused at least six explosions of IED blowing up vehicles of the residents. They flew several vehicles of the security forces killed at least a dozen jawans. At gunpoint, the Maoists forced the passengers of buses and looted the ration for the security forces. They attacked police stations and explosions near CRPF camps.Currently, there are about five CRPF camps along the road, the last at Basaguda where a contingent composed of CRPF, state police command COBRA and left on the night of June 28 Silger operation .
In Sarkeguda village, about 3 km away, the Maoists allegedly fired on them leading to the encounter that killed 17 people and wounded six CRPF jawans.
The river flowing through the field Taalperu Basaguda CRPF is known as the Line of Control (LoC). From 2006 until recently, the river divides the liberated zone of the Maoists controlled territory government, security forces and Salwa Judum. CRPF officials admitted that until around 2009, they could not cross the bridge over the river Taalperu.
Sarkeguda people, police Basaguda limits, falls in the Maoist released. After the June 28 meeting, the villagers are haunted by the memory of their lives in exile not long ago. "We fled our home in 2006 after Salwa Judum members looted and burned our houses," Kaka said Kamla from the neighboring village of Kottaguda.Through Bastar Dantewada and indivisible, the inhabitants of 644 villages displaced after the fire, looting, murder and rape. Some (like in the village of Lingagiri) ran away from home after Salwa Judum accompanied by the security forces attacked the villagers and their crops burned.
"Soon, the once-bustling shopping center in Basaguda become a ghost town," said Narayan Markam, sarpanch of Sarkeguda. Earlier, traders in Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra came to Basaguda for business.
Two years ago, with the help of NGOs, villagers returned to reclaim their land and rebuild their lives from the rubble.
"After the police killed our people, our children, residents fear that if they have to flee their homes again," Lakshmi said Kaka. His son Rahul Kaka, 16, was killed in the encounter
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