SAA event in Maharashtra, Bhamragadh, Gadchiroli District area, India on Mon 21st October 2024

Five Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an encounter with Security Forces (SFs) in a forest area under the Bhamragadh taluka (revenue division) in Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra on October 21, reports The Hindu. A press release issued by the office of the Gadchiroli Superintendent of Police (SP) said in view of the November 20 elections, a group of Maoists had gathered in the forest on the Maharashtra-Chhattisgarh border for the last two days and was planning an attack. As many as 22 teams of C-60 commandos and two squads of the CRPF under the supervision of senior officers launched an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation, said the release. As soon as they reached the area, they faced indiscriminate firing from Naxalites. The security personnel immediately retaliated, and in the ensuing exchange of fire, five Maoists were killed, said the release. The identities of the slain Maoists are yet to be ascertained.