Naxals attack 2 Chhattisgarh cops, flee with rifles

Two Chhattisgarh Police constables were injured when Naxalites, dressed as civilians, attacked them with sharp weapons at a weekly market in the insurgency-hit Sukma district on Sunday morning.

The Naxalites also took away the service rifles of the two personnel following the incident, which took place when the police were deployed on security duty at the market in Jagargunda village.

A small ‘action team’ of Naxalites (typically comprising 4-5 cadres) suddenly attacked the two constables—Kattam Deva and Sodhi Kanna —with sharp weapons and then escaped with their rifles, an AK-47 and one self-loading rifle), a police official said. Other security personnel deployed there launched a search for the attackers, he said. Both injured constables, posted at Jagargunda police station, were initially admitted to a local hospital. They were later airlifted to Raipur and admitted to a private hospital , he said.