Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and efforts are on to retrieve the injured personnel from dense forest. (File photo of security personnel in Chhattisgarh)
Five security personnel were injured when Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in the restive jungles of insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgarh today, police said.
"The exchange of fire took place between a joint team of Special Task Force (STF), state's District Reserve Group (DRG) and rebels when security forces were out on an anti-Naxal operation in Kistaram area," Inspector General of Police (anti-Naxal operations) Deepanshu Kabra told the Press Trust of India.
While security forces were cordoning off a forested patch in Kistaram region, a group of armed rebels opened indiscriminate fire, leaving two STF and three DRG jawans injured, the Inspector General said.
"However, ultras fled from the spot when jawans launched a fierce retaliatory action," he added.
Reinforcement was rushed to the spot and efforts are on to retrieve the injured personnel from dense forest, he added.