A CRPF jawan was injured in a gun-battle between security forces and insurgents in a forested pocket of insurgency-hit Bijapur district, police said on Thursday.
Constable Sandeep Kumar of 199 battalion CRPF was injured when the police party confronted the insurgents in Kudmel hills under Mirtur police station limits.
The joint squad of paramilitary force and District Force (DF) carrying out a combing operation in the region ASP Bijapur, Indira Kalyan Elesela informed.
Both the side engaged in heavy firing and ultras fled into the dense part of jungle, he informed.
Getting informed about the encounter, reinforcement was rushed to the spot, he said, adding that the injured was retrieved from the forest. The injured jawan was later sent to Jagdalpur Medical College for treatment.