A CoBRA jawan was today injured in a gun-battle between security forces and Maoists in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, police said.

The face-off occurred in the restive forests of Chintagufa police station limits while a joint squad of CRPF's elite battalion-CoBRA (Compact Battalion for Resolute Action) and district force was carrying out an anti-naxal operation, Sukma Additional Superintendent of Police Harish Rathore said.