According to newsagency PTI, the encounter took place at around 12.25 PM between the Burkapal-Chintagufa area of the worst Maoist violence-affected district in south Bastar area of the state.
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"The Naxals fired at a patrolling party of the CRPF near Burkapal village leaving six personnel injured," Special Director General (anti-Naxal operations) of Chhattisgarh Police, D M Awasthi told PTI.
The jawans who were injured in the fierce battle are from the 74th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). It also includes an Inspector-rank officer. All of them are being evacuated from the spot by a helicopter.
Earlier this year, 12 CRPF soldiers were killed in the same district in a deadly ambush by Naxals.