A Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) jawan was killed when Naxalites opened fire at security personnel guarding a police camp in a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Monday, a senior official said.
The incident took place at around 8.30 am when the victim was on security duty at his unit in Kademeta camp in the Chhote Dongar police station limits, Inspector General of Police (Bastar Range) Sundarraj P said.
Constable Jitendra Bakde, from the 22nd Battalion of CAF, was killed in the firing, the official said.
"A couple of Naxalites fired two rounds at the security personnel guarding the camp and escaped into the dense forest. Prima facie, it appears that a small action team of Naxalites was involved in the incident," he said.
A search was launched to trace the killers, he added.