SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Bortalav Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon District area, India on Mon 20th February 2023

Two Police personnel were killed when armed cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ambushed them near a mobile check-post under Bortalav Police Station limits in Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh on February 20, reports The Print. The MaoistsÕ small action team carrying sophisticated weapons, including AK-47 rifles and INSAS [Indian Small Arms System] assault rifles, targeted the two unarmed Policemen, head constable Rajesh Singh Rajput and Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) constable Lalit Kumar Samrath, when they had just reported for duty at the mobile check-post on the inter-State border, an area that has witnessed a Maoist attack after a long time, Police said, adding that both Rajput and Samrath were not carrying weapons hence they could not retaliate. One of them died on the spot and the other constable succumbed to injuries while being taken to hospital. The Maoists also set ablaze their motorcycle before escaping from the spot. ÒPrima facie it seems, Darrekasa dalam (armed squad) or platoon no. 1 of Maoists was involved in the attackÓ, the Police added.