A hardcore insurgent was killed in a gunbattle between Maoists and a police team in a forested patch of insurgency-hit Sukma district of Bastar in Chhattisgarh.
Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a CRPF trooper was injured in a blast triggered by ultras here, police said on Sunday.
“The jawan was injured in an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) blast triggered by Naxals at Errabor village,” Superintendent of
Police (SP) Sukma, Indira Kalyan Elesela said.
According to the SP, on Sunday morning a joint team of district police and CRPF had started from Errabor police station situated about 55 km away from district headquarter Sukma. The team was entrusted with task of providing security cover to the weekly market close to the police station.
Around 8 am, the blast was triggered in which Dilip Kumar Boro, Head Constable of 212th battalion of CRPF sustained injuries, the SP said.
Following the blast, a separate team of security personnel, comprising CRPF, Special Task Force (STF) and district force, launched an intense combing operation in the forests around the village anticipating movement of ultras, he said.
The insurgents who were present at the spot during the blast, opened indiscriminate fire on security forces following which the police team retaliated leading to the killing of an ultra, he added. However, other cadres soon fled from the spot.
During searches, the body of the rebel besides a country-made weapon was recovered from the spot, he said adding the operation was still underway inside the jungle.
The injured Head Constable was admitted to a local hospital and his condition is stable, he said while adding that the trooper was shifted to Raipur for better treatment facility where his condition was reported to be out of danger.
Meanwhile, during intense search of the blast site, four more IEDs were recovered, the SP mentioned.