Tale of The Hunters in The Lalgarh Forests of West Bengal
by It was a body hung from a bamboo with its front and hind limbs tied to two ends of the bamboo. Two men in security uniform were carrying the body. It was the body of a girl in her early twenties at best.
Tale of the Hunters in the Lalgarh Forests of West Bengal
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It was a body hung from a bamboo with its front and hind limbs tied to two ends of the bamboo. Two men in security uniform were carrying the body. It was the body of a girl in her early twenties at best. A dead body that it was, body of a tribal girl who was killed by the so-called combined forces engaged in much-published Green Hunt Operation. The dark girl was in her tribal attire. She was one of the three tribal girls who were killed by the forces engaged by the government of India and West Bengal in the great Green Hunt Operation. She was one of the eight killed on the fateful night of 16th June in the famous and infamous Pirakata forests of Lalgarh which is popularly known as the Junglemahal.
She was a Maoist as described by the leaders of the combined forces. She was a Maoist as declared by the government of West Bengal. Yes, she was only so as presented by all the channels of the electronic media. The body of the young tribal girl hung from a bamboo and carried by the members of the forces was displayed again and again. She was dead.
Owners and staff of the electronic media have managed to get this footage. It is a piece of wonder how they have got it. They have not let us known how they have got this hair-raising footage. There are a few electronic channels and a few newspapers which work as mouthpieces of the rulers directly or indirectly. Who knows who have videoed the exceptional moments in the jungle at the dead of night?
It is official that the forested jungles in the western part of West Bengal (some area in the districts of West Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia) have been infested by the Maoists who are known as the Communist Party of India (Maoist). It is official that they are in war against India. It is official that the combined forces of the central government of India and state government of West Bengal have launched all out attack against the Maoists through the dreaded scheme named Operation Green Hunt in which aerial support from the Indian Air Force of some form has been approved.
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