Police jawan killed, another injured in gun battle with Naxals

Raipur, Apr 20 (PTI) A police jawan was killed and another one sustained critical injuries during a gun battle with Maoists that took place in the dense forests of the insurgency-hit Sukma district in Chhattisgargh this afternoon, police said.
“The face-off took place in the forests of Marjoom village that falls under Tongpal police station limits, when a joint squad of security forces was carrying out an anti-naxal operation in the bordering region of Sukma-Dantewada districts,” a senior police official told PTI.
Composite squads of STF (Special Task Force), states District Reserve Group (DRG), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and district force had launched the operation from Katekalyan police station area of Dantewada district, located around 450 km away from the state capital, last night, he said.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/police-jawan-killed-another-injured-in-gun-battle-with-naxals/1/647176.html