CRPF company commander killed in Sukma Naxal ambush

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Apr 24 2017 | 10:48 PM IST
Inspector Raghubir Singh, the commander of the 99-member CRPF company which was attacked by Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district today was among the 25 personnel killed in the deadly ambush.
The names of the others, all belonging to the 'Delta' company of the 74th battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), are:
Sub-Inspector K K Das, Assistant Sub-Inspectors Sanjay Kumar, Rameswar Lal, Naresh Kumar, Head Constables Surender Kumar, Banna Ram, L P Singh, Naresh Yadav, Padmanabhanand and Ram Mehar, Constables Saurabh Kumar, Abhay Mishra, Banmali Ram, N P Sonkar, K K Pandey, Vinay Chandra Burman, P Alagupandi, Abhay Kumar, N Senthil Kumar, N Thirumurgan, Ranjit Kumar, Ashish Singh, Manoj Kumar and Anup Karmakar.
The six injured have been identified as ASI R Chembram, Constables Mahender Singh, Jitender Kumar, Sher Mohammed, Lachhu Oraon and Sonawane Eashwar Suresh.

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First Published: Apr 24 2017 | 10:48 PM IST

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