location: Pookkottumpadam
notes: Kerala Police said they had an exchange of fire with suspected Maoists at a tribal colony near Nilambur in Malappuram district on Monday night. Police said a six-member armed team of suspected Maoists had snuck into at tribal colony at Mundakkal under Pookkottumpadam police limits in Malappuram district, and were lecturing the locals. The Maoists fled and fired on the police when they saw them.
target_text: location: Pookkottumpadam, fatalities: 0