Bihar's Maoists dispense law jungle style

Apr 6,2007,

Maoists in Bihar's Gaya District have set up a 'People's Court' for speedy justice.
The 'justice' when it comes, is not only speedy, but brutal also.The Maoists believe that the justice provided by the one instituted state is inadequate.

"We are trying those charged with robbery and rape in this People'sourt so that the locals are not deprived of justice," an unidentifiedaoist said.The accused is hung upside down like a buffalo in a primitive slaughterhouse and his soles beaten black and blue with a heavy staff.In between, his confessions get recorded on a tape recorder.India has recently taken a new stand on the Maoist insurgency, pulling the affected states together to coordinate their response.

It says it will combine improved policing with socio-economic measures to defuse grievances that fuel the Maoist cause."As far as issues like arms and violence are concerned, we will give a fitting reply but then the principals of human rights and democracy will be followed,"

Afzal Amanullah, Bihar's Home Secretary, said. Maoists say they are fighting on behalf of the rural poor and landless and want to build a communist state.Naxalites have easily found support among those who feel stranded by surging modernisation.