SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Narayanpur area, India on Thu 29th August 2024

Three alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation carried out by the Security Forces (SFs) in Narayanpur District in the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on August 29, reports The Hindu. The operation was carried out by a joint team of District Reserve Guards (DRG), Special Task Force (STF), and Border Security Force (BSF) 135th Battalion from Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts who had received inputs about the presence of Naxalites in the border areas of Narayanpur and Kanker, village Hatchekoti, Chhindpur, Binagunda, Aadanar, Kaknar, and surrounding forest hills. After the firing stopped and searches were carried out around the encounter site, bodies of three uniformed female Maoists and .303 rifles, 315 bore guns, a large amount of explosive material, and items of daily use of Naxalites have been recovered from the site. “Initially, all the killed Maoist cadres have been identified as members of the North Bastar Division Committee and PLGA Company No. 05. Detailed identification proceedings are being carried out,” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar Range, Sundarraj P. said.