Following an encounter with Maoists, security personnel on Monday detained two suspected persons in insurgency-infested Sukma district of Chhattisgarh, police said.
“Two suspected persons were rounded-up by security personnel after an encounter with Naxals in the forest patch falling under limits of Chintagufa police station.
Among detained persons, one was injured and was admitted to a nearby hospital,” said Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Santosh Singh.
A joint squad of District Force (DF) and Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA)-a special unit of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) undertaking combing operation in Chintagufa region was targeted by insurgents following which security personnel retaliated, Singh said.
He further informed that after the gunfight which lasted for some minutes, rebels fled the spot on finding security personnel zeroing on them. Security personnel have rounded two suspected persons from the spot of encounter and investigating their links with the ultras and banned organizations, he said. In the wake of the incident, security forces have intensified operations in the region, Singh said.