SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Bijapur District area, India on Thu 29th January 2026

Two Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres were killed in an exchange of fire with Security Forces (SFs) in the forested terrain of the southern region of Bijapur District in the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on January 29, reports The New Indian Express. SFs recovered an AK-47 rifle, a 9mm pistol, and a significant cache of ammunition from the encounter site. “Acting on specific intelligence regarding the presence of armed Maoist cadres, a DRG [District Reserve Guard] team launched a search operation in the early hours of Thursday. The exchange of fire commenced and continued intermittently for several hours as the insurgents retreated deeper into the dense jungle terrain”, a senior Police official said. Following the initial skirmish, security personnel recovered the bodies of two unidentified Maoists from the site. "Apart from the bodies, we have seized weapons including an AK-47, a pistol, and various explosive materials," he stated.