Kolkata, May 18: The Association of Protection for Democratic Rights (APDR) today condemned the government and Maoists for the Dantewada incident in which 31 people were killed.
“We condemn both the government and the Maoists for the incident,” the human rights body said in a release here.
“Chhattisgarh government had strict instructions that police and jawans with or without arms should not board public vehicle and travel with the common people. But in yesterday’s incident, Special Police Officers (SPO) were allowed to travel with common people in a public vehicle,” the release said.
On the other hand, “Maoists by exploding an IED in a public vehicle have killed common people and we condemn their heinous activity,” it said.
APDR claimed it had been proved that the government’s method to tackle the Maoists was wrong.
–Agencies