The Supreme Court has said the government cannot arm common men or those associated with Salwa Judum—an anti-Naxal people’s movement in Chhattisgarh — to curb the unlawful activities of the Naxalites. “We do not underestimate the enormity of the problem (Naxalism). But state should not encourage the common man by arming them to fight Naxalites,” a bench observed while perusing the action taken report filed by Chhattisgarh on NHRC recommendations. The NHRC had probed the alleged human rights violation by Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh and had pointed to incidents of burning and killing where FIRs were not registered, as well as other cases of high-handedness of the Special Police Officers, civilians armed with weapons to fight the Naxalites.
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