Maoist insurgents on Wednesday attacked two head constables of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) resulting in death of one personnel while leaving the other critically injured near lmidi post under Avapalli police station limits of the district.
After the incident, the rebels looted the arms and ammunition from the personnel before running away from the spot, police said.The victims were two CAF head constables belonging to the 5th Battalion who were returning to their post from a weekly market.The head constables Elaji Potti and Hariram Mandavi were suddenly attacked by insurgents with sharp edged weapons resulting in Potti dying on the spot while Mandavi sustaining grievous injuires, according to IGP Bastar Range SRP Kalluri.
The arms looted from the head constables were —two Self loading Rifle (SlR), two hand grenades and 80 rounds of ammunition.Immediately after the incident a massive combing operation was launched by the security operations to track the insurgents in the district.Meanwhile, a hardcore Maoist was arrested Mahurpat village of restive Kanker district by a joint team of Border Security Force (BSF) and District Force (DF) on Tuesday.Polic informed that the joint team had left from Tadoki police station to conduct search operations.
On receiving a tip off that the Maoist Suklal (30) was visiting the village, the the team cordoning off and nabbed the insurgent . He was later presented before theBhanuprattapur Judicial Magistrate of First Class on Tuesday and sent to jail on remand.Police had issued a permanent arrest warrant against the insurgent for a large number of crimes.