Constable hurt in Naxal firing in Chg;cops say 4 ultras killed

A trooper was injured in an exchange of fire with Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Dantewada district today while the police claimed to have gunned down four ultras in the face-off, an officer said.

However, not a single body has been recovered so far.

Police recovered a 12-bore gun, a 10-kg bomb, three Maoist uniforms, three walkie talkie sets, Maoist literature and other materials from the spot, the officer said.

The shoot-out took place in a forest near Pichhikoder village under Barsoor police station limits when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation, Dantewada Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap told

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