Two Naxals were killed and a Special Task Force (STF) jawan was injured in separate encounters in Chhattisgarh's Sukma and Narayanpur districts on Wednesday, police said.
In the Sukma incident, the skirmish took place in a forest near Tondamarka village when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on a counter-insurgency operation, Inspector General of Police (Bastar range) Sundarraj P told PTI.
In another face off that occurred near Kasalpad village, one STF jawan was injured, he added.
Separate squads of the DRG, CRPF's elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the Special Task Force (STF) on Tuesday launched the operation in the forest, located around 450 km from the state capital Raipur, he said.
When a DRG patrolling team was cordoning off a forest area on Chintagufa-Chintalnar junction this morning, an exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, he said.
The body of an ultra was later recovered from the spot, he said.
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