SAA event in Madhya Pradesh, Supkhar area in Balaghat District area, India on Fri 2nd December 2022

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were shot dead after in an encounter with the Security Force (SF) personnel of the Special Operation Group (SOG), Hawk Force, in the forests area of Motinala in the Supkhar area in Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh on November 30, reports The Free Press Journal. Another Maoist was also shot at and injured but she was able to run away. The Maoists, who were shot dead, were identified as Ganesh Marawi (27) and Rajesh aka Banjam (19), both of them were ‘commanders’ of Bhoramdev Area Committee (Platoon) PL 2. An AK 47 rifle and a Self-Loading Rifle (SLR) were seized from their possession. According to official sources, Banjam was a resident of Sukma in Bastar under Pal Gundam Police Station, and a reward of INR 300,000 on his head was declared in Madhya Pradesh, INR 1.2 million in Maharashtra, and INR 500,000 in Chhattisgarh. The other Maoist, Ganesh, a resident of Sakin in the Narguda area of Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra, was the ‘commander’ of zone coordination committee, and carried a reward of INR 300,000 on his head in Madhya Pradesh, INR 400,000 in Maharashtra and INR 500,000 in Chhattisgarh. As the Maoists were planning to celebrate ‘People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) week’ from December 2 to 8, their activities have intensified in the area. The gunfight continued throughout the night and the bodies of two Maoists were found in the morning. On getting information about it, a team of Hawk Force began to rifle through the forests of the Supkhar area at night. The Police were searching for the injured Maoist, said Farid Shapoo, Director General of Police (DGP), anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] campaign.