In Jharkhand, Scheduled Tribes Still Battle Flimsy Criminal Cases Filed With Little Evidence

In Jharkhand, Scheduled Tribes Still Battle Flimsy Criminal Cases Filed With Little Evidence

Indiaspend / by Riddhi Dastidar

Among undertrials charged with being Maoists under stringent, non-bailable offences in Jharkhand, high numbers are Adivasis, Scheduled Castes and OBCs, a study led by late Fr. Stan Swamy had found in 2015. An alleged encounter during an Adivasi festival six years later shows not much has changed.
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