In separate incidents, security forces destroyed two Maoist camps following gun battles with ultras in Rajnandgaon and Kanker districts, police said here on Monday.

However, in both incidents no casualty was reported on either side, police revealed

In Rajnandgaon, the encounter occurred in morning hours on a forested hill near Pugda village, when joint teams of various       security forces were out on an    anti-Naxal operation, Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police Kamlochan Kashyap said.

On getting a tip-off about    presence of a dozen Naxals at their camp on the hill between Pugda and Korcha villages, various joint squads of the District Reserve Guard (DRG), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Chhattisgarh Armed Force (CAF) and local police launched the operation, he said.

When one of the patrolling teams was advancing through a   forest in Pugda, the rebels fired at them from the hill, forcing the security men to retaliate, he said.

After heavy firing from both the sides for a brief period, Maoists escaped into the dense forest, Kashyap said, adding that there was no casualty among the security personnel.

Later, the security forces demolished the Maoist camp and recovered a claymore mine    (explosive),  utensils, camping material and a huge cache of daily use items from there, he said. Search operation was still        underway in the area, he added.

In Kanker, a joint team of STF, BSF and district police from Todki police station had launched a search operation.

“Around 1:30 pm, armed Naxals hiding in a forested patch between Chhotemurnar and Mankot opened fire on the security forces. Security forces also         retaliated and soon ultras              disappeared in the jungle,” a local police officer said.

Later, while searching the area police found temporary Maoist camps and daily use items at the spot, police said.