Three jawans of district police including a head constable were injured in an encounter with Maoist in Kondagaon whereas one constable of district police was killed and two other were injured badly while diffusing bomb in Sukma district on Saturday, police sources said.
According to Kondagaon Superintendent of Police D Shravan, a joint team of District Police and Chhattisgarh Armed Forces had left Bayanar thana for conducting search operation in nearby areas but Maoist hiding near village Mungawal Kotapara started firing on the security forces as soon as the team reached near the village.
The police jawans also returned fire. The exchange of bullets between the two sides lasted for over an hour after which rebels fled into the jungle. However, in the attack head constable lebaram Kashyap, constable Ajay Baghel and Sukhnath Markam were injured.
They were immediately admitted to RNT Hospital at Kondagaon. Constable Sukhram Markam had received bullet injury in his chest and his condition was critical therefore he was taken to Jagdalpur Medical College Hospital from where he was airlifted to Raipur. In the encounter, four or five insurgents too were either killed or seriously injured. Searching of the encounter site was on, Shravan said.
Meanwhile, in another incident in Sukma district, Dornapal police had seized a landmine during search operation and while the bomb disposal squad was diffusing it, the explosive went off due to which assistant constable Kawasi Hunga was killed on the spot while constable Anil Tandon and Punem Sanna were injured seriously.