Unknown event in Chhattisgarh, Bahker under Chhotedongar Police Station limits in Narayanpur District area, India on Mon 15th November 2021

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘commander’ was killed in an encounter with Security Force (SF) personnel in the forest of Bahker under Chhotedongar Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on November 15, reports Hindustan Times. The encounter started at around 11.30 am in the forest of Bahker under Chhotedongar Police Station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an area domination operation. “The DRG team had some intelligence inputs about the presence of a small team of Maoists near Amdai Ghati iron ore mining area. The DRG team cordoned off the area and suddenly Maoists started firing,” said a senior police officer said. The other Maoists fled from the spot after and escaped into the forest. “The dead body was identified as Saket Nureti alias Bhaskar Nureti, commander of the outlawed Peoples’ Liberation Guerilla Army (PLGA) company no. 6 of the Maoists. The company works in East Bastar division. Nureti was recently promoted as a commander from section in-charge,” an officer added. An AK 47 and some ammunition has also been seized from the spot.