IED event in Chhattisgarh, Tumkapal village under Katekalyan Police Station limits in Dantewada District area, India on Tue 1st March 2022

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre identified as Lakhma Kawasi was killed in an encounter between the District Reserve Guard (DRG) team and Maoists in the forest near Tumkapal village under Katekalyan Police Station limits in Dantewada District of Chhattisgarh on March 1, reports The Print. Kawasi, a resident Kodopal under Katekalyan Police Station, carrying a reward of INR 300,000 on his head by the Chhattisgarh Government is a member of Platoon ‘Commander’ 31, Darba Division. Following the encounter, Police recovered a pistol, five kilograms Improvised Explosive Device (IED), books, Maoist uniform, wires, items of daily use and other materials from the encounter site.|A trooper from the Special Task Force (STF) of the Chhattisgarh Police was injured in a firing between Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres and the Security Forces (SFs) at a newly set up Police camp at Potakpalli village under Kistaram Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on February 28 night, reports The New Indian Express. The STF and other units were stationed in the camp, which was established last month in Potakpalli, located over 450 kilometres from capital Raipur, and considered as a core area of Maoists. The Maoists opened fire with rifles and Under-Barrel Grenade Launchers (UBGLs) at a newly set up Police camp. "The exchange of fire lasted for around two hours, following which the ultras escaped into dense forests. An STF jawan sustained minor injury in the skirmish and was administered treatment at the camp itself," Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar range, Sundarraj P said, adding that his condition was said to be normal.|