TIL Desk/National/Chhattisgarh/ A CoBRA commando abducted by Naxals after the Bijapur ambush in Chhattisgarh on April 3 was released on Thursday with a video showing armed Maoists untying him in the presence of hundreds of villagers, officials said.
Bastar Inspector General of Police Sundarraj P said 34-year-old constable Rakeshwar Singh Manhas of the 210th Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) was freed by the Maoists and he reached the “Tarrem police station safely around 4:30 PM along with the facilitators, who went inside the jungle to trace out his location”.
The Central Reserve Police Force said in a statement that the jawan is in “good health and he has been subjected to mandatory detailed health check-up immediately after his release”.
“His family members have been informed. The constable talked to his family members telephonically (in Jammu),” the Chhattisgarh sector of the force said in a statement. Manhas had joined the CRPF in 2011.