In what is being termed as one of the worst attack in seven years, 25 CRPF personnel belonging to the ‘Delta’ 74 battalion were killed in an encounter with the Maoists in the Sukma area of Chhattisgarh on April 25. Additionally, six jawans are currently undergoing treatment in a hospital in Raipur.
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Pranab Mukherjee condemned the attack, Home Minister Rajnath Singh dubbed it as an “unfortunate” incident. Meanwhile, people across the social media demanded stern action against those responsible while saluting those brave soldiers who lost their lives in the incident. CRPF released the names and ranks of the martyrs.
- Raghubir Singh, Inspector
DOB: 1/04/1968
Punjab - K K Das, Sub-Inspector
DOB: 15/06/1990
West Bengal -
Sanjay Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspector
DOB: 15/10/1970
Himachal Pradesh - Rameswar Lal, Assistant Sub-Inspector
DOB: 07/07/1969
Rajasthan - Naresh Kumar, Assistant Sub-Inspector
DOB: 08/02/1968
Haryana -
Surender Kumar, Head Constable
DOB: 11/12/1983
Uttar Pradesh - Banna Ram, Head Constable
DOB: 05/07/1972
Rajasthan - K P Singh, Head Constable
DOB: 12/11/ 1950
Uttar Pradesh - Naresh Yadav, Head Constable
DOB: 15/12/1975
Bihar - Padmanabhanan, Head Constable
DOB: 20/06/1972
Tamil Nadu - Ram Mehar, Head Constable
DOB: 1/02/1975
Haryana - Saurabh Kumar, Constable
DOB: 02/04/1991
Bihar - Abhay Mishra, Constable
DOB: 07/10/1993
Bihar -
Banmali Ram, Constable
DOB: 02/05/1987
Chhattisgarh - N P Sonkar, Constable
DOB: 01/08.1977
Madhya Pradesh - K K Pandey, Constable
DOB: 15/04/1987
Bihar - Binoy Chandra Burman, Constable
DOB: 19/05/1985
West Bengal -
P Alagupandi, Constable
DOB: 02/06/1988
Tamil Nadu - Abhay Kumar, Constable
DOB: 02/03/1990
Bihar - N Senthil Kumar, Constable
DOB: 27/05/1979
Tamil Nadu - N Thirumurgan, Constable
DOB: 20/06/1986
Tamil Nadu - Ranjit Kumar, Constable
DOB: 08/06/1990
Bihar - Ashish Singh, Constable
DOB: 01/03/1990
Jharkhand - Manoj Kumar, Constable
DOB: 05/07/1992
Uttar Pradesh - Anup Karmakar, Constable
DOB: 12/07/1992
West Bengal
Raipur: Mortal remains of CRPF personnel who lost their lives in #Sukma Naxal attack, brought to CAF camp (Mana) #Chhattisgarh. pic.twitter.com/3ukEhDJmiA
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The six jawans who have suffered injuries in the incident include SI R Chembram, Constables Mahender Singh, Jitender Kumar, Sher Mohammed, Lachhu Oraon and Sonawane Eashwar Suresh. CRPF constable Sher Mohammed stated that around 300 Naxals opened fire at 150 CRPF jawans after they had sent the villagers to trace their location.
