Two security personnel and two women labourers were injured after Naxalites opened fire on a police camp in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said on Thursday.
A group of Maoists fired at the camp and its surrounding area in Hiroli village where some construction work was underway on Wednesday night, Dantewada Additional Superintendent of Police Yogesh Patel said.
Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) Constables Salim Ladka and Kishan Suryavanshi and women labourers Dule Hemla and Budri Tati sustained injuries in the attack, he said.
The rebels fled after the security forces retaliated, the officer added.
Dule Hemla was shifted to the Dantewada district hospital where her condition was stated to be out of danger.
The other three were given preliminary treatment at the camp.