However, Kalluri praised Raj and said the officer was earlier posted in Jagdalpur as SP and has good knowledge of terrains. Raj has served as SP in Bastar.
An open letter, countersigned by 125 nationally recognized human rights defenders such as economist A.K. Shiva Kumar, writer Arundhati Roy, lyricist Javed Akhtar and several other journalists, editors, has been released to media demanding the restoration of law and order in Bastar as per Indian constitution.
According to police, the slain Naxals were identified as Bhima Kudati alias Sukku, a deputy Commander of Gampud village and Sukmati Hemla, a member of Jan Milita.
Social activist and researcher Bela Bhatia was attacked and asked to vacate the rented room by a vigilante group in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bastar on Sunday.
Strongly condemning the attack on Bela Bhatia, social activist Swami Agnivesh asked Chhattisgarh as well as Central government to ensure elaborate security to the researcher.
The state government has submitted a affidavit to the Chhattisgarh High Court along with information about officials accused of being indulged in financial irregularities, corruption and facing other allegation.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has found in its probe that at least 16 women were raped and sexually and physically assaulted by the state police personnel in Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government seeking its reply over the appointment of 11 MLAs as Parliamentary Secretaries.
BJP President Amit Shah said that it is the BJP which has given the nation a "Prime Minister who speaks". He also criticised Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for questioning as to what has the party done since they came to power.
While Chhattisgarh government is busy making claims of taking several steps for curbing pollution across the state (particularly in the state capital), a data recently released by WHO claims that Raipur is more polluted than the national capital. Similarly, Gwalior has also been included in the list of city more polluted than Delhi.
