"I have spoken to Ranchi SSP Prabhat Kumar who displayed exemplary courage while fighting a Naxal group in Jharkhand," he said in a statement.
Kumar sustained bullet injuries during the encounter at Dulmi village on the border of Ranchi and Khunti districts this evening.
He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared out of danger.
The Home Minister also spoke to Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Director General of Police D K Pandey who apprised him of the Naxal encounter.