SAA event in Chhattisgargh, Sukma area, India on Tue 29th November 2022

A personnel of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) battalion-elite unit of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was killed after sustaining critical injuries after Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres opened indiscriminate fire upon the newly established security camp in the forest area in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on November 29, reports The Times of India. Bastar range, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sundarraj P., said, “Maoists on Tuesday evening between 4.30 and 5pm, opened fire upon the security personnel deployed on operation duty outside the newly set up camp near Dubbakonta and Pentapad forests in Chintagufa region of Sukma district. The security forces retaliated the attack and Maoists fled deep into the jungles.” A head constable of CoBRA battalion Suleiman, who was a native of Palakkad in Kerala, had sustained severe bullet injuries and had to be rushed to field hospital of CRPF in Chintagufa, but he succumbed to injuries during treatment, Sundarraj added.