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SalwaJudum (literally "purification hunt") is a state sponsored
counterinsurgency campaign started in Dantewada district of the Indian state of
Chhattisgarh in 2005, which involved vigilante gangs accompanied by state
security forces burning villages, killing people and forcing them into camps,
as part of an effort to counter Naxalites (Maoist guerrillas).On July 5, 2011, the Supreme Court of India
declared the militia as illegal and unconstitutional. The court directed the
Chhattisgarh government to recover all the firearms given along with the
ammunition and accessories. It also ordered the government to investigate all
instances of alleged criminal activities of Salwa Judum.Various reports
critiquing the Salwa Judum are-
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