Based on a specific input about a meeting of ultras in Surpanguda forests, the operation was launched by the paramilitary personnel from Chintalnar last evening, he said.
While cordoning-off the region, located around 450 kms from the state capital, when the security men reached Surpanguda village forests, the Naxals opened indiscriminate fire on them leaving head constable Rajeev Tomar, a radio operator, injured, the ASP said.
However, the Maoists soon fled from the spot as the jawans launched a retaliatory attack on them, he said.
