SAA event in Bodga in Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh area, India on Mon 13th March 2023

A 44-year-old woman sustained a gunshot injury during a gunfight between Security Forces and cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the forests near Bodga village in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on March 13, reports Hindustan Times. “The operation, involving the police’s District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF), was launched following inputs about the presence of members of the Bhairamgarh area committee of Naxalites in the area,” a senior police officer said. The officer said during the search operations after the gunfight ended, security personnel spotted a tribal woman identified as Rahe Oyam (44) lying injured. It is suspected that she sustained bullet injuries in the gunfight.