3 security personnel injured in Naxalite attack in C. India

At least three Indian security forces personnel were injured in a fierce gunbattle with left-wing Naxalite rebels in the central state of Chhattisgarh Tuesday morning, a top police official said.

"The incident happened in the dense forests of the state's Narayanpur district when the security forces personnel belonging to the District Reserve Group and local police were carrying out an anti-Naxalite operation in the area," head of anti-Naxalite operations D.M. Awasthi told the media.

A group of armed left-wing rebels opened fire on the security forces from the forests, in which three personnel of the District Reserve Group sustained bullet wounds, he said, adding that the condition of one of them is serious.

The Naxalites soon fled into the forests after the police team retaliated with heavy firing, the official said. "A massive combing operation has been launched in the area in search of Naxalites who are believed to be hiding in the forests," he added. Endit