SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Kummameta, Bijapur District area, India on Sun 27th October 2024

A Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre was injured in an encounter with security personnel in the forest of Kummameta village under the Bhairamgarh Police Station limts in Bijapur District in the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on October 27 and was subsequently taken into custody, reports The Print. Based on inputs about the presence of Matwada LOS (Local Organisation Squad) ‘commander’ Anil Punem and 10-12 armed cadres in the forest of Matwada in the area, an anti-Naxal [Left Wing Extremism, LWE] operation was launched by a team of District Reserve Guard (DRG) of the state Police. After the exchange of fire stopped, a Maoist, identified as Rakesh Kumar Oyam, was found injured at the encounter site, a Police official said. Oyam was active as a member of the Belchar Revolutionary Party Committee (RPC) of the CPI-Maoist and four cases related to Naxal incidents were registered against him in Jangla, Bhairamgarh, and Mirtur Police Stations of the district.