Villagers allege Bijapur encounter fake, victims were collecting tendu – Times of India
RAIPUR: Two days after security forces claimed to have killed 12 Maoists in an encounter in Bastar’s Bijapur, local villagers, mostly women, marched to district headquarters accusing police of a fake encounter. Innocent villagers were gunned down while collecting tendu leaves, they claimed.DIG (South Bastar) Kamalochan Kashyap said those killed were Maoists, many of whom…