Two CoBRA jawans were injured in a gun battle between security forces and Naxals in the insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said here on Monday.
The face-off between left wing insurgents and Police personnel occurred in the forest of Chintagufa police station limits. A joint squad of CRPF, CoBRA and District Force (DF) was carrying out an anti-naxal operation on Monday afternoon when they encountered the insurgents, Sukma Superintendent of Police, D Shrawan informed.
The joint squad had information about presence of Naxals in jungles of Chintagufa area and accordingly they had reached Kolaiguda about 7 km from Chintagufa where a group of armed Naxals opened indiscriminate firing on them following which the police force retaliated, the SP said.
Following the gun battle that lasted for around an hour, ultras fled to the deep forests, he said. Two constables of CoBRA 206 battalion have been injured in the incident. They have sustained bullet injuries on their hands and legs, he informed. Reinforcement was rushed to the spot soon after receiving information and injured jawans have been airlifted, the SP said, adding, their condition was stated to be out of the danger.