Other MoA event in Odisha, Nuapada District area, India on Tue 21st June 2022

Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack in Patadhara Reserve Forest in Bheden Block (administrative division) in Nuapada District of Odisha on June 21, reports oneindia.com. The incident happened when the CRPF personnel were going from one camp to another, and it is suspected that the Maoists had prior information regarding the movement of the forces, a Police officer said. All of a sudden, they opened fire on the forces, he said. The dead include Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Shishu Pal Singh, ASI Shiv Lal, and Constable Dharmendra Kumar Singh the CRPF, officials said. Combing operations have been intensified in the area, and more teams of the Special Operations Group (SOG) and CRPF are moving to the site. The operations would continue till the Maoists are flushed out, State Director General of Police (DGP), SK Bansal said.