6 security personnel injured in encounter with Maoists in Chattisgarh

The gunfight took place in a forest in Chintagufa area, a senior police official here said.

Six security personnel were injured, two of them seriously, in an encounter with maoists in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district on Saturday, the police said.

Reinforcement was rushed to the spot, the police official said. (PTI (Image for representational purpose))

The gunfight took place in a forest in Chintagufa area, a senior police official here said.

Reinforcement was rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that further details were awaited.