In Chhattisgarh Narayanpur district two cops of district police force, Assistant Sub Inspector Shivprasad Chandra and Constable Govindram Tekam, were seriously injured in Naxal attack Sunday morning, police officials said.
According to Narayanpur Superintendent of police Neelkanth Sahu, a joint team of district police force and Chhattisgarh Armed Forces had left Dhaurai Thana for conducting seacrch operation. As soon as the team reached the jungle near Village Maraskol, insurgents hiding there with a view to ambush the team opened indiscriminate firing in the security personnel who also in turn took position immediately and started returning the fire. After an hour-long encounter the rebels took to their heels and vanished in to the jungle.
However, in the encounter two cops of district police force ASI Shivprasad Chandra and Constable Govind Tekam were injured seriously. They were shifted to Jagdalpur Medical College Hospital after administering initial treatment at Narayanpur district hospital. Condition of the two DF jawans is stated to be critical but out of danger.