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Team Scroll The Maoists are recruiting underage soldiers and the state is killing them in violation of international law. scroll.in Many of those killed in Bastar this year have been declared by the police to be reward-carrying Maoists. But several families dispute this. scroll.in This is the first part of a special series from Bastar. It recounts how an early morning ambush on a Maoist meeting in Bijapur spilled over into th... scroll.in See this post on web | 