In Chhattisgarh, naxals today shot at a policeman and his son, injuring both critically, in Bastar district. Bastar SP, B L Meena, told PTI over phone that a group of Naxals attacked Assistant Sub-inspector of police Prakash Shukla and his son when the two were riding a motorbike to Mardum. Both were injured but Prakash kept riding and reached the police station. They were later taken to a hospital in Raipur.

In another Naxal-related incident, Kanker district police discovered a 15-kg tiffin bomb planted along the roadside
between Badgaon Police Station and Metagaon. The bomb was defused, said Kanker SP, C D Tandon.