While the patrolling team was carrying out the road security operation between Kurenar and Kanhargaon villages, the armed ultras opened fire at them following which the BSF personnel retaliated, he said.
However, the rebels soon escaped in the forest, he said, adding that BSF’s patrolling was underway in the region.
The BSF had last month set up its camp in Kanhargaon village, that lies on the border of Kanker and Gadchiroli districts (Maharashtra), to ensure security to the Bande-Irpanaar road.
The road between Bande and Irpanaar goes through a dense forest, along the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra border, which is a Naxal hotbed, a BSF official said.
The Naxals are frustrated with construction of the road and are trying to disrupt it by making such attempts, he said.