Raipur: A group of Maoist insurgents Sunday injured two personnel of a Mizo battalion in the interiors of Chhattisgarh and made off with their AK-47 rifles, the police said.
A group of at least 22 rebels carried out the surprise attack on Mizo security personnel posted at Gadiras village's weekly market in violence-hit Dantewada district, some 480 km south of capital Raipur.
"Two Mizo jawans sustained serious multiple wounds when rebels attacked them from behind with sharp-edged weapons at the crowded weekly market," S.I. Baghel, Dantewada's additional superintendent of police, told IANS.
The injured cops were air-lifted to Raipur for treatment. Reinforcements were rushed to the attack site to apprehend the insurgents and recover the two AK-47 rifles looted from the injured personnel.
