Sukma  

Sukma SP Kiran Chauhan, Additional SP Nikhil Rakhecha (IPS), along with Gaurav Mandal and DSP Nishant Pathak, demonstrated courage by venturing into Hidma's domain. Hidma is a prominent leader in the Naxalite organization who commands significant respect among the Naxalites in the division.

One INSAS rifle and a 12 bore gun were also recovered from the encounter site, which is forest close to village Gonderas near Dantewada-Sukma border
 

First phase of voting has begun in naxal hit Chhattisgarh today and people have been thronging the polling stations in large numbers. Naxals' appeal to boycott the elections has been blatantly ignored by the residents of Konta.

Deputy inspector general (anti- naxal operations) Sundarraj P said that the gun battle took place at Karkanguda forest of Chintalnar-Jagargunda area close to the border of Sukma and Bijapur at 6 am on Tuesday
 

Sources in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have confirmed that an extra force of 700 personnel has been deployed. The force will stay in the interiors of the forest area for the next two months. 

The thinking behind the Maoists' strategy is to trap the police in human rights issues, especially with elections approaching, so that they become weak