<p class="title">A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed and another injured in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The skirmish took place in the forest near Chameda village in Dhamtari district when a joint team of CRPF's 211 battalion and District Force (DF) was out on an anti-naxal operation, a police official told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the patrolling team, comprising around 50 personnel of the CRPF and 10 of the DF, had launched the operation on April 3 in the interiors of Khallari and Borai police station areas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday morning, when security forces were advancing through Chameda, around 150 km from Raipur, a group of Naxals opened fire on them, leading to a gunfight, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Naxals fled when security forces retaliated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Head Constable Harish Chand was killed in the incident while Sudhir Kumar got injured," the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reinforcement has been rushed to the spot and efforts are on to evacuate the body and the injured personnel, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident occurred a day after Naxals ambushed a team of security forces, killing four BSF personnel and injuring two others in Kanker district of the state. </p>
<p class="title">A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed and another injured in an encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh on Friday, police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The skirmish took place in the forest near Chameda village in Dhamtari district when a joint team of CRPF's 211 battalion and District Force (DF) was out on an anti-naxal operation, a police official told PTI.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said the patrolling team, comprising around 50 personnel of the CRPF and 10 of the DF, had launched the operation on April 3 in the interiors of Khallari and Borai police station areas.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Friday morning, when security forces were advancing through Chameda, around 150 km from Raipur, a group of Naxals opened fire on them, leading to a gunfight, the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said Naxals fled when security forces retaliated.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Head Constable Harish Chand was killed in the incident while Sudhir Kumar got injured," the official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reinforcement has been rushed to the spot and efforts are on to evacuate the body and the injured personnel, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The incident occurred a day after Naxals ambushed a team of security forces, killing four BSF personnel and injuring two others in Kanker district of the state. </p>