In two separate incidents police gunned down a Naxal while in another case a police jawan was injured during an encounter with Naxals, in the insurgency-hit district, Superintendent of Police Bijapur Prashant Agrawal said on Sunday.
The SP — talking with The Pioneer over phone — informed that joint teams of CRPF and COBRA battalion started the search operation from Ganglor, Mirtur and Bhairamgarh police stations.
The police party that was in the jungles situated between Tamodi and Madpal village in the limits of Mirtur police station came under fire from Maoists. Jawans returned fire and the intermittent gun battle lasted for about an hour following which the left wing insurgents disappeared in jungles. later during the search operation body of a Naxal was recovered, SP said.
The identity of killed Naxal is yet to be established, police said adding a 303 rifle, a muzzle gun, ammunition, Naxal literature and other items of daily use were recovered from the spot.
In another incident a jawan of COBRA was injured during an encounter that happened between police force and Naxals in the dense forests under Basaguda police station, on Sunday morning.
The police personnel were on a search operation in the Basaguda area when the face-off took place. After the Maoists opened fire on security forces jawans retaliated and begun encircling them. The Naxals retreated as the police were fast zeroing in on them, the official said.
A COBRA jawan of 204 battalion sustained bullet injuries in his leg in the incident, SP said, adding, reinforcement was rushed to the spot and Jawans was admitted in Medical College Jagdalpur.