Nagpur:
A CRPF jawan was injured during an exchange of fire with the Naxals in Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district on Sunday, police said.
A group of Naxals opened fire on a patrol party in Gyarahbatti Doewara in Kurkheda taluka in which CRPF jawan Ashok Kumar Pande (41) sustained bullet injuries, they said, adding he was rushed to the Civil Hospital in the district headquarters.
Pande was hit by a bullet on his left leg. The bullet was removed during a surgery at the hospital, Additional SP (Operations), Gadchiroli, Rahul Seth said.
Blood spots at the scene indicate that Naxals too might have been during the exchange of fire, police said.