When the Chhattisgarh police arrested him on May 14, 2007, health activist Binayak Sen was known to few beyond the thousands of tribals of that state he had treated over two decades. In the one year that he has since spent in a Raipur jail on terror charges, Sen's fame has spread far and wide.

Naxalism has become a cancer for the country now. In some districts of 7-8 states of the country their terror is prevailing. In several districts they are running parallel government. The naxals do as it pleases them in these districts. They have made the administration sick in some areas of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhatisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. According to a recent news report, Naxals turnover of recovering money has touched Rs 100 crores. And now this money is also being used in share market.

One year after jailing the eminent doctor, Binayak Sen, State authorities have arrested another leading civil liberties activist, journalist and filmmaker, Ajay T.G. A file picture of Dr. Binayak Sen with his patients in Chhattisgarh.

The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Saturday urged the Centre to immediately disband the Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh and stop aiding and abetting it in the name of promoting "local resistance groups.' In a memorandum to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a CPI delegation, led by party general secretary A.B. Bardhan, demanded institution of a high level independent inquiry into all acts of violence, rape, arson, loot, murder and disappearances involving the Salwa Judum and para-military forces. Other members of the delegation were D. Raja and Gurudas Dasgupta, both party MPs.