Knife attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh leaves 2 cops injured, weapons looted

Sukma (Chhattisgarh): Two policemen were injured after Naxalites attacked them with knives and looted their weapons at a weekly market in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district on Sunday morning, an official said.

The incident took place when the police were deployed on security duty at the market in Jagargunda village, he said.

A small 'action team' of Naxalites (typically comprising four-five cadres) suddenly attacked the two personnel with sharp edged weapons and then escaped, the police official said.

Other security personnel deployed there swung into action and launched a search for the attackers, he said.

Both the injured personnel, posted at Jagargunda police station, were admitted to a local hospital from where they will be shifted to Sukma for further medication, the official said.