Unknown event in Chhattisgarh, Sukma District area, India on Sat 25th February 2023

Three Security Force (SF) personnel were killed during an encounter with Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh on February 25, reports The Indian Express. The incident took place when a joint team of SFs had gone there to provide cover for a road construction project between Jagargunda and Basaguda. The Police had opened two new Police camps in the area. In a gun battle that broke out suddenly during the searches in the jungle area between Kunded and Jagargunda areas of Sukma, the Maoists shot dead three SF personnel, identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Ramuram Nag (36), and constables Kunjam Joga (33) and Vanjam Bhima (31). Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar Range, P. Sundarraj said, ÒAfter the encounter ended, a search operation was carried out. The Maoists have also suffered casualties and the death count and injured count will be ascertained after the search parties return.Ó