A jawan of Central Reserve Police Force was injured in encounter with Maoist insurgents, police department sources said. According to Dhamtari Superintendent of police Akbar Ram Korram, a joint team of District police force and CRPF jawans was on search operation where they were attacked by Maoists leading to an encounter in the forest of Khallari Tuesday morning which lasted for an hour.
later, the Maoist vanished in to the jungle taking advantage of hillocks whereas one of the CRPF Jawans was injured in the attack and has been hospitalised at district hospital. No report of casualty on the opposite side is received.
Notably, just a few days back on Saturday CRPF assistant commandant S K Das was killed in the forest of Khallari by Maoist insurgents while leading a patrol party.