SAA event in Chhattisgarh, Narayanpur District area, India on Fri 20th August 2021

Two Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, including an assistant commandant, were killed in a Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) attack near Kademeta camp of 45th battalion of the ITBP under Chhotedongar Police Station limits in Narayanpur District of Chhattisgarh on August 20, reports The Pioneer. Inspector General of Police (IGP), Bastar range, Sundarraj P said, a squad of the ITBP's 45th battalion, which was out on an area domination operation, was fired upon by a small action team of the Maoists, when it was approximately 600 metres away from the camp. "Assistant Commandant Sudhakar Shinde and Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Gurmukh Singh, both from the ITBP's 45th battalion, were martyred in the firing," the IGP said. After the attack, the Maoists also looted and escaped with one AK-47 rifle, two bullet-proof jackets and one wireless set of the security personnel, he added.