SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Bhandarpadar village in Sukma District area, India on Mon 1st August 2022

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in a forest area near Bhandarpadar village under the Bhejji Police Station limits in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on August 1, reports The Hindu. When a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation, the patrolling team was challenged by the Maoists and the exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar Range, Sundarraj P said. After the gunfight stopped, the body of an ultra was recovered from the spot, the IG said, adding that " prima facie the deceased cadre has been identified as Madvi Hadma, a divisional committee member (DVC) of Maoists". A search operation was under way in the nearby areas, he added.