SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Sukma District area, India on Fri 31st December 2021

A Commando of the Central reserve Police Force (CRPF)'s jungle warfare unit Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) was killed in an encounter with cadres of the Communist party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in Palachalma forest under Kishtaram Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on December 31, reports NDTV. Sukma, Superintendent of Police (SP), Sunil Sharma said, the gunfight took place in Palachalma forest under Kishtaram Police Station limits when a team of the 208th battalion of the CoBRA was out on an anti-Maoist operation, and when the patrolling team was cordoning off the forest, an exchange of fire took place. “Constable Virendra Singh, belonging to CoBRA's 208th battalion, suffered a bullet injury on his chest and was shifted to the CRPF's field hospital in Kishtaram. Preparations were being made to airlift him to Raipur for further treatment but he succumbed by then,” the SP said.