A report released by an international human rights organisation has held the Maoists as well as the security forces responsible for widespread human rights violations in Chhattisgarh, which, it says, is virtually under siege due to the clashes.

"Neither the government nor the Naxalites leave any room for civilian neutrality. Seeking protection from one side leaves an area's inhabitants at the risk of attack by the other," says the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report titled "Being neutral is our biggest crime: Government, vigilante and Naxalite abuses in India's Chhattishgarh".