CRPF constable injured in Naxal blast succumbs at AIIMS

A CRPF constable, who got severely injured during an anti-Naxal operation in Chhattisgarh few days back, today succumbed to his injuries at a hospital here.
27-year-old constable Sachin Kumar of the paramilitary force was airlifted to the AIIMS trauma centre here after he was badly injured in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in the Sukma district of Chhattisgarh on August 26.
"Kumar succumbed to his IED splinter injuries at about 8:40 AM today. He was brought to AIIMS on August 29 on an air ambulance from state capital Raipur. In AIIMS, his right leg was amputated but his condition kept deteriorating," a senior official said.

The official said Kumar, of the CRPF's 150th battalion, was an expert of the bomb disposal squad and was out defusing IEDs on the fateful day in the Naxal hotbed of Chintagufa in Sukma but he accidentally stepped on a hidden landmine and got badly hit.
Senior officers paid tributes to him at a wreath laying ceremony at a Central Reserve Police Force camp here.
Kumar hailed from the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh and is survived by his wife and a two-year-old son.