Recently, some photographs of dead bodies of Naxalite women being carried away like animals on pair of bamboos by security forces were published in some newspapers. Obviously, this is in very bad taste. Dead human bodies need be given dignified treatment. However, it goes credit to the security forces that they did not remove clothes of the dead bodies before tying to to the bamboos for carrying away. Thus they made some differentiation between animal and human body.

National Human Rights Commission has taken a serious note of this and asked for explanation. It may be recalled that a few years ago, the army was accused of raping Manipuri women. Consequently, the women there held a naked procession daring the army personnel to rape them.

while combating insurgents and Maoists is okay, it is not possible to let the troops and security forces any inhuman atrocities and blatant violation of human rights.