Archana Prasad

Writer and academic Prasad was accused with nine others, including Nandini Sundar, of murdering Shamnath Baghel, who had formerly filed complaints against the group for supporting Maoists and inciting anger against the Indian state. All charges were dropped in early 2019. In August 2020, India’s National Human Rights Commission ordered the Chhattisgarh government to pay compensation for the mental distress caused by the false charges, recognizing that the FIRs filed by police were baseless and malicious.