An injured Naxal who was arrested after a police-Naxal face-off in a forested patch of insurgency-hit Sukma district was airlifted to Raipur for better treatment on Thursday. He has been admitted in Ramkrishna Care Hospital.
Additional Director-General of Police (Naxal Operations) RK Vij informed that in Golapalli area of Sukma district security forces had an encounter with the Maoists late on Wednesday night. An ultra was killed in the action while another was seriously injured, the ADG said.
The encounter lasted for about one hour after which the other Naxals succeeded in disappearing in the jungle. However, the injured guerrilla could not escape from the spot and was arrested, police informed. Police said that the injured Naxal was identified as Madkam Shankar and was admitted in Maharani Hospital, Jagdalpur. However, after seeing his deteriorating health condition he was airlifted to Raipur.