Raipur: One Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan has been killed while another has been injured on early Friday morning during a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district. The injured jawan got hit by a bullet on his left leg during the attack. The skirmish took place in the forest near Chameda village in Dhamtari district when a joint team of CRPF's 211 battalion and District Force (DF) was out on an anti-naxal operation, a police official told news agency PTI. He also said that the patrolling team, comprising around 50 personnel of the CRPF and 10 of the DF, had launched the operation on April 3 in the interiors of Khallari and Borai police station areas.

The attack took place when security forces were advancing through Chameda, around 150 km from Raipur, a group of Naxals opened fire on them, leading to a gunfight, the official said. Official said that the Naxals fled when security forces retaliated. “Head Constable Harish Chand was killed in the incident while Sudhir Kumar got injured,” the Police official said adding that reinforcement has been rushed to the spot and efforts are on to evacuate the body and the injured personnel.

The incident occurred a day after Naxals ambushed a team of security forces, killing four Border Secutiy Force (BSF) personnel and injuring two others in Kanker district of the state. On Thursday, Naxals attacked the BSF battalion during a combing operation.