SAA event in Hingmeta in Bijapur District, Chhattisgarh area, India on Wed 15th March 2023

Two cadres of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed in an encounter with security personnel in a forest near Hingmeta village under Bedre Police Station limits in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh on March 15, when security personnel were out on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation, reports The Week. Bijapur Superintendent of Police (SP) Jitendra Yadav said the operation was launched on March 14 based on specific input about the presence of a self-styled ‘commander’ of platoon no. 16 of the Maoists' Indravati area committee Mallesh, a self-styled ‘commander’ of company no. 1 of ‘Mad Division’ Arun, as well as 20–25 ultras in the Hingmeta-Lanka area. "Personnel belonging to the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and local police took part in the operation. When a patrolling team was cordoning off the forest near Hingmeta, the exchange of fire took place. We recovered the bodies of two Naxalites [Left Wing Extremists] from the spot. They are yet to be identified," Yadav said. Security personnel also destroyed a Maoist camp in the area and recovered weapons, explosives, and other items, he added.