In West Bengal a jawan of Joint Security Forces was critically injured when Maoists fired at a patrol party on routine combing operations in West Midnapore district. Ajay Gupta, a jawan of assistant sub-inspector rank, was rushed to Midnapore Medical College Hospital in a serious condition. Police said, security reinforcements were rushed to the area to flush out the Maoists. Security has already been tightened at all CRPF camps and posts in the Maoist-dominated Jangalmahal area after the Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh.