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SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Kaurgatta, Bijapur District area, India on Tue 20th January 2026

20th January 2026

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A former Sarpanch (head of the Panchayat, village level local self-Government institution), identified as identified as Bhima Madkam, aged about 35–40, a resident of Kanchal village, was shot dead with Police suspecting the involvement of Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the killing since he was allegedly shot at with an AK 47, in Kaurgatta village in Pamed region in Bijapur District in the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on January 20, reports The Times of India. A Police officer said that prima facie, the attack was carried out by unknown assailants, but given the victim's past role as an elected representative and the area's Maoist history, the killing is being viewed as suspected Naxal violence.

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