Other MoA event in Chhattisgarh, Tumrel, Bijapur District area, India on Fri 22nd May 2026

A commando of the CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), an elite unit of the CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force), and a cadre of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) were killed during an encounter in the forests of Tumrel under the Usoor Police Station limits in Bijapur District in the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh on May 22, reports Deccan Herald. The operation is ongoing in the Tumrel area, led by the 210th Battalion of CRPF's CoBRA unit and troops from the Chhattisgarh Police District Reserve Guard (DRG) and Special Task Force (STF), the officials said. A CoBRA commando has been killed in action while another has been injured, they said. The identity of the slain Maoist is yet to be established.