SAA event in Hidur Forest in Kanker District, Chhattisgarh area, India on Fri 3rd March 2023

A 23-year-old Bastar Fighters constable, Ramesh Kureti (23), and a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, identified as Partapur Local Guerrilla Squad (LGS) ‘commander’ Nagesh, were killed in an encounter between Security Forces (SFs) and the rebels in Hidur Forest area under Chhotebethiya Police Station limits in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh on March 3, reports The Indian Express. Nagesh, also an ‘area committee member (ACM)’, had a cash reward of INR 1 million on him. “The encounter, which started at 6.30 am, went on for an hour. During search operations, we found the body of a Maoist, an AK47 rifle, and a bullet,” said Avinash Thakur, the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of Kanker. The Police said the Maoist was dressed in the uniform of the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA), formed by the CPI-Maoist. A case is to be registered at Chhotebethiya Police Station.