SAA event in Sindh, Baliguda area, India on Tue 11th October 2022

A woman Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in an exchange of fire between the Maoists and Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel in the Sindhi forested area under Baliguda Police Station limits in Kandhamal District of Odisha on October 11, reports ommcomnews.com. Following the information of the existence of a Maoist camp in Sindhi forested area the SOG personnel conducted a combing operation in the area. During the combing operation, the SOG personnel had an exchange of fire with the Maoists, and after the exchange of fire SOG personnel while conducting a search in the forested area found the body of a woman Maoist along with a gun. However, about 20 Maoists managed to flee during the operation. The deceased woman Maoist has not been identified. It is suspected that Maoists belonging to the 'Kandhamal-Kalahandi-Boudh-Nayagarh (KKBN) Division' of the CPI-Maoist were running the camp in the Sindhi forested area.