In the aftermath of the 2017 Naxal attack on CRPF jawans in Chhattisgarh, adivasis from nearby villages were arrested on suspicion of aiding naxals. In July this year, an NIA court acquitted 121 adivasis citing lack of evidence.

Mohammed Safi Shamsi travelled to Sukma and Dantewada to meet a few men who've returned after spending five years in jail.