Two constables were injured in Maoist attacks in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.
Pankuj Thakur, a constable with the 13th battalion of the Chhattisgarh Armed Force, was injured when a pressure bomb exploded near Murdonda village of Bijapur, the police said. He is said to be out of danger now.
Suspected Maoists attacked a “Sayakak Arakshak” (auxiliary constable), Kichche Soya, with sharp weapons at a marketplace at Pollamapalli in Sukma.
In another incident, a joint team of Dantewada and Bijapur police busted a Maoist camp in the Hurrepal forests of Dantewada. Three Maoists surrendered before the police in Dornapal town of Sukma district on Tuesday.