Two police personnel were injured on Sunday in an encounter with Naxals in the insurgency-hit Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
The encounter took place when security forces were carrying out an anti-Maoist operation in the forests of the Basaguda police station area, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Dantewada) Sundarraj P. said. The Naxals indiscriminately fired at them, leading to a gunbattle.
“A DRG [District Reserve Guard] head constable Raju Kodmul and an assistant constable of the district police Suresh Madkam were injured,” he said.
When a team of CoBRA [Commando Battalion for Resolute Action] and DRG was advancing through the forests of Raigundam village on the border of Bijapur and Sukma districts, armed naxals opened indiscriminate firing on them, leading to a gunbattle between both the sides, the DIG said. The rebels soon fled the spot.
“As per the injured jawans, after spotting that a couple of naxals were hit by bullets in the exchange of fire, they were trying to retrieve their bodies. In the process, they came under fire by back-up support group of naxals leaving two of the jawans injured,” the DIG said.
In the meanwhile, the ultras managed to drag the body of their colleagues inside the forest taking advantage of the thick vegetation, the official.
“While Kodmul received bullet injury in his abdomen, Madkam sustained superficial injury on his leg,” he said.
Soon after getting the information, Mi-17 chopper was sent to evacuate the injured personnel, the DIG said, adding that they were airlifted to Raipur, where they have been admitted to a private hospital.
