Jamshedpur (PTI): Two naxalites were on Saturday injured in an encounter with a joint combing team near Barunia in extremist-hit Ghatsila sub-division of Jharkhand.
The encounter took place after the police and CRPF started long range patrolling in naxalite-stronghold areas of the sub-division following a tip-off that a group of CPI(Maoist) ultras had gathered in a jungle near the village, the police said.
Police retaliated after the ultras opened fire at the them on seeing them approaching the jungle, Police Superintendent Navin Kumar Singh said.
Intermittent firing from both camps was going on, Singh said, adding that the bordering states of Orissa and Bengal were alerted.
No casuality was reported from the police camp till 4 pm, Singh said.
The two naxalites who sustained bullet injuries were taken away by their group members, he said.
Police have seized a rifle, two pistols, can bombs, detonators, uniform and other articles left by the ultras on the spot.
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