The central government has opposed the petition seeking the disbanding of Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh, but agreed to alleged human rights violation probe. Additional Solicitor-General Gopal Subramanium told the Supreme Court on April 15 that ‘to assume that the Salwa Judum was an army of people with weapons and asking for it to be disbanded will be no more than asking for these people to be pushed out to be killed (by the Naxalites)1.”

• 1. “Salwa Judum to stay put - Centre open to rights probe, SC told,” Telegraph, April 16, 2008 at http://telegraphindia.com/1080416/jsp/frontpage/story_9144443.jsp