Recently the Supreme Court had criticised the concept of arming citizens to fight militants, groups like Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh. Adivasis in Dantewada have been circled by fire for three long years, ever since the controversial adivasi armed group Salwa Judum was set up. Maoist violence escalated sharply, villages were split wide open, and families were driven to camps run by the group.
