SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Sukma District area, India on Mon 27th December 2021

Six Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres, including four women were allegedly killed in an exchange of fire between Police and the Maoists at Telangana-Chhattisgarh border area under Kishtaram Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on December 27 (today), reports News 18. According to Sunil Dutt Superintendent of Police (SP), Bhadradri Kothagudem District, the Maoists were killed in a joint operation of Telangana and Chhattisgarh Police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) that took place under Kishtaram Police Station limits in Sukma District under South Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. It was a joint operation by Telangana and Chhattisgarh Police and CRPF, and the incident took place around 6.30 AM to 7 AM, the Police official said, adding, they received a tip off that Maoists were trying to attack the forces and combing was stepped up. The identities of the slain Maoists are yet to be established.