Chhattisgarh anti-Naxal operation: SC junks plea seeking probe into killing of villagers in 2009

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea seeking an independent investigation into alleged incidents of extra-judicial killings of tribals by security forces during an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh in 2009.

Supreme Court dismisses a plea filed in 2009 seeking an independent investigation into alleged incidents of extra-judicial killings of tribals by security forces during anti-Naxal operations in Chhattisgarh. Supreme Court imposes a cost of Rs 5 lakhs on petitioner Himanshu Kumar. pic.twitter.com/8SlPoN6rhZ

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Hearing the matter, a bench of Justice A M Khanwilkar and Justice J B Pardiwala also imposed an exemplary cost of Rs 5 lakh on petitioner Himanshu Kumar.

The plea was filed by Kumar and others in connection with the killing of around a dozen villagers in Dantewada district during the anti-Naxal operation.

The Centre had in April this year filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking action against petitioners who filed such a petition. Contending that the petitioners deliberately submitted false information before the court, the Centre sought action for perjury against them.

With inputs from agencies

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