Unknown event in Chilparas in Kanker District, Chhattisgarh area, India on Thu 16th March 2023

One Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was killed in an encounter between Maoists and Security Forces (SFs) in the forest near Chilparas village under the Koyalibeda Police Station area in Kanker District of Chhattisgarh on March 16, where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation, reports latestly.com. Kanker Superintendent of Police (SP) Indira Kalyan Elesela said, the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Border Security Force (BSF) were involved in the operation. After the guns fell silent, the body of a Maoist, along with a weapon and explosive materials, were recovered from the spot, Elesela said, adding that the identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained.