RAIPUR: A jawan of an elite anti-Naxal commando unit was on Friday injured in an exchange of fire with Maoist rebels in
Chhattisgarh's
Sukma district.
A senior police official said that the jawan, part of the
CRPF's elite CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) 208th battalion, took bullets in his leg during the firefight in the interiors of Kistaram on Friday morning.
The incident happened after security personnel, from Palodi camp, and Naxals came face to face near Komalpad forests when the forces were cordoning off the region as part of an anti-Naxal combing operation, officials said.
He added that the Naxalites opened indiscriminate fire which injured the CoBRA jawan. The rebels managed to flee even as the paramilitary personnel fired back, said officials.
Reinforcements had been rushed in and the jawan had been brought back to Palodi camp, officials informed.
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