Villagers in Jharkhand allegedly used as "human shields" by security forces

While there has been much outraged commentary about the (despicable) Maoist act of using a dead body as an IED, there have been reports of security forces forcing the villagers to come with them to look for the body and to use them as human shields. Even more disturbingly, the Indian Express has an interview with the police chief who said that it was standard procedure:

Local villagers are taken to search and carry the bodies all the time, mainly because the security personnel are carrying weapons

PUDR has a statement on the matter.