Two jawans of CoBRA battalion were injured following a gun battle with left-wing insurgents who had opened fire in the jungles of Chintagufa police station while the security forces were on search operation.
Arms and ammunition were seized in huge quantity during the searching of area, said Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Sanjay Dhruv on Monday.
According to police the injured jawans were identified as Sudhir Kumar and lallan Singh. A joint force of CRPF, district force and CRPF had started on a search and area domination exercise from Chintagufa police station. “The forces were in a dense forest patch of Chintagufa police station when some armed Naxals who were lying in wait, opened fire on the joint force. The police party retaliated and the intermittent gun fire from both the side lasted for about one hour,” said SDOP and added that later on Maoists disappeared into the dense jungles.
Sudhir Kumar and lallan Singh caught bullets in hand and leg who were rushed to Jagdalpur medical college for better treatment. later on during the searching of area a 12 bore rifle, muzzle gun, Chinese hand grenade, bullets, naxal literature, banner and other items were found.