A 40-year-old tribal was today shot at and injured allegedly by naxals on suspicion of being a police informer at Songudda area in Baihar tehsil near here.
"Three naxals came on a motorcycle and fired at Channulal Tekam at the weekly Songudda market and escaped," Balaghat Inspector General of Police (IGP) DC Sagar told PTI.
Tekam sustained two bullet injuries on one of his legs and was rushed to the district hospital by police, he said, adding that a hunt is launched to trace the attackers.
