Updated On: 18 July, 2016 03:05 PM IST | | Gaurav Sarkar
<p>A local adivasi turned independent journalist residing in the Bastar Region of Chattisgarh, Lingaram Kodopi has managed to spread awareness about the ongoing atrocities being committed by police personnel on adivasi villagers, by means of various Youtube videos</p>

A local adivasi turned independent journalist residing in the Bastar Region of Chattisgarh, Lingaram Kodopi -- nephew of renowned tribal activist Soni Suri -- has managed to spread awareness about the ongoing atrocities being committed by police personnel on adivasi villagers, by means of various Youtube videos.
As he visited Mumbai to attend a public meeting on Saturday hosted by the Bastar Solidarity Network to discuss the ongoing situation in Bastar, mid-day managed to catch up with the young journalist and talk about Mission 2016 being implemented in the region, his history with IG Kalluri, and differences in Bastar under the UPA and NDA regimes. Here are excerpts from the interview: