Eleven policemen had been injured in a fierce gun-battle with naxals in forests of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district on Saturday, the police said.
The come upon took region at round 2:30 pm close to Korajguda hills in Chintagufa region when a joint group of protection forces was once out on an anti-naxal operation, a senior police legit said.
Personnel of the police's District Reserve Guard (DRG), Special Task Force and CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) had launched the operation from Chintagufa, Burkapal and Timelwada camps based totally on statistics about the presence of ultras close to Elmagunda, he said.
When the crew was once advancing thru Korajguda hills, positioned round 450 km from the nation capital Raipur, firing broke out between the two sides, he said.
"Eleven DRG personnel sustained injuries. They are being evacuated," he said, including that two of them had been stated to be in quintessential condition.
"Based on the floor inputs, it is believed at least four to 5 naxals would possibly have been killed and an equal range injured as safety forces retaliated strongly," he said.
Further reviews had been awaited, the legitimate added.
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