nA Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured in an gun-battle with Naxals rebels in insurgency-hit Kanker district, police said here on Monday.
A team of the BSF’s 157th battalion was out on patrolling from its Mahla camp to provide security for road construction work under Partapur police station area, a police official said.
Between 10:30 am and 11 am, when the team was near Musaghat, a group of Maoist rebels triggered an IED (improvised explosive device) blast and opened indiscriminate fire on the security forces leading to the gunfight, he said.
However, on finding security personnel zeroing on them, the rebels soon escaped from the spot, he said.
“Head Constable Kripa Shankar sustained splinter injuries in the blast”, he said.
After the guns fell silent, security forces recovered 3 IEDs from the spot planted by Maoist rebels to target them, the official said adding that the explosives were neutralised at the spot.
A search operation was underway in the area while the injured jawan has been admitted at a local hospital where his condition was stated to be out of danger, he said.
On March 14, two Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) personnel were killed after Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in the jungles of Bastar district.