Information About Incident 46104-89604-225020 in Balaghat India

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IBN Live reports that Harish Rahgdale (27), a trooper of the Madhya Pradesh Police's Hawk Force (HF), was killed and Kamlesh, another trooper, injured in an ambush of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Sitapala in Balaghat District on September 22. Six troopers of the HF, along with Platoon Commander, were heading to Sitapala on motorbikes when the armed Maoists opened fire at the troopers, killing Harish.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Sitapala Balaghat Sitapala
• Matched District: Balaghat
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: the armed Maoists
• Subject: Harish

Context

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IBN Live reports that Harish Rahgdale (27), a trooper of the Madhya Pradesh Police's Hawk Force (HF), was killed and Kamlesh, another trooper, injured in an ambush of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres near Sitapala in Balaghat District on September 22. Six troopers of the HF, along with Platoon Commander, were heading to Sitapala on motorbikes when the armed Maoists opened fire at the troopers, killing Harish. The HF team retaliated and an exchange of fire ensued during which more than 80 rounds were fired from both sides. However, there was no report of any casualty from the Maoists side. The surviving troopers later entered a village in a nearby forest in search of the extremists. A scuffle broke out between them and the locals, who set ablaze a Police vehicle that had reached the spot after the incident, sources said. Balaghat Inspector General of Police C. B. Muniraju denied the Policemen were assaulted, but admitted that the villagers had set ablaze a Police vehicle.

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