Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Chhattisgarh, Burgum village under Aranpur Police Station limits in Dantewada District area, India on Sat 19th February 2022

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre accused in a number of violent incidents was killed in an encounter with Police in a forest near Burgum village under Aranpur Police Station limits in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on the intervening night of February 19 and 20, reports The Hindu. The encounter took place in a forest near Burgum village under Aranpur police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard was out on an anti-Naxal operation, and after the face-off ended, the body of a Maoist was recovered, Superintendent of Police (SP), Siddharth Tiwari said, adding that the deceased, identified as Arjun alias Lakhma Sodi (34), was carrying a reward of INR 500,000 on his head. Sodi was active as the ‘militia commander in-charge’ of Malanger area committee of Maoists, and was involved in 13 incidents of violence, including of murder, attempt to murder and abduction. A pistol, a five kilograms tiffin bomb, Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] uniform, electric wires, wire cutter, Naxal literature and some camping materials were also recovered from the encounter spot.