About the Human Rights Defender: Bijendra Korram S/o Late. Chainu Ram (27) is an Adivasi farmer living in his village Becha, PS Chhote Dongar, Tehsil Mardapal, District Kondagaon. He is the Vice President of Adivasi Adhikar Bachao Manch and Treasurer of Bastar Jan Sangharsh Samiti. Both organisations work to protect and promote the rights of the tribals of Chhatisgarh. Mr. Korram is an educated tribal. He works on environment rights and tribal livelihood issues. He had participated in a peaceful sit-in protest ongoing at village Toyametta, District Narayanpur. Background of the incident: The Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh is rich in mineral wealth. Private companies mining these precious minerals to gain profits by selling them. Narayanpur is also known for its thick forests and rivers. Mining disturbs ecology and livelihood of Adivasis and pollute rivers and cut forests. Thus, Adivasis often oppose mining by private companies. Details of the Incident: On July 24, 2024 at around 6:30 in the morning, a large number of District Reserve Guards personnel approached Toyametta village District Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh where Adivasis were organizing a sit in dharna for last two years. These DRG personnel were heavily armed with AK 47 rifles and sticks and beat up HRD Bijendra Korram with rifle butts on his back. They then told other Adivasi protesters that they are taking HRD Bijendra Korram to show the perpetrators the way to return to their base. The DRG personnel took then took Bijendra Korram to Chhote Dongar, Disrict Narayanpur Chhattisgarh, police station. He was kept there for 2 hours and later shifted to DRG office at Narayanpur District Headquarters, Chhattisgarh. When family members came to know this happening, they immediately talked to police officials and reached DRG office at Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. HRD Bijendra Korram told about his pain at back where he got injuries due to gun butts strikes. The SDOP Narayanpor told the family members of HRD that family will know about the fate of Bijendra only after the Superintendent returns to his office and take a decision. They pressured the to declare a fake surrender as maoist. However Mr. Bijendra Korram refused the police pressure to wrongly surrender as a fake maoist. He was produced before Chief Judicial Magistrate Kondagaon Court at 2 pm on 26th of July 2024, 56 hours after his arrest. During his arrest Mr. Bijendra Korram was not shown or asked to sign any arrest memo, nor was an arrest warrant shown to him or his family; he was not provided a lawyer in police custody and there are reports that he was tortured and beaten by the police in the station. He was also not produced before a judicial magistrate within 24 hours of arrest as per the law. Furthermore, the DRG personell have no arresting power and are only they are supposed to assist police only, like home guards. But in this incident only DRG personnel illegally arrested the HRD. Mr. Bijendra Korram is charged under sections 147,148,149, 307,120(B) of IPC, 25 Arms Act, 3,5 Special Security act, 10,13,16,20,23, 38(2) 39(2) UAPA and 8(1)(3)(5) of CSPSA 2005.