Two police personnel and a Doordarshan (DD) cameraman were killed in a Naxal attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday. Two police personnel were also injured in the incident, which took place in Nilawaya village under the Aranpur police station.
#UPDATE | Doordarshan cameraman killed in attack by Naxals at Dantewada's Aranpur in #Chhattisgarh, reports ANI https://t.co/NUe7hinBg3
— NEWS LIVE (@NewsLiveGhy) October 30, 2018
“Those killed were identified as Sub Inspector Rudra Pratap, Assistant Constable Mangalu and DD News cameraman Achyutanand Sahu from Delhi,” Deputy Inspector General (anti-Naxal operations) Sundarraj P informed media. Two other security personnel were injured in the incident, he said, adding that reinforcements were rushed to the spot.
According to reports, the Doordarshan team was in Nilawaya village in Aranpur, where voting will be held for the first time in history.
#DDNews had deputed team to cover #Chhattisgarhpolls, comprising of Camera person-Achyuta Nanda Sahu, Dheeraj Kumar and MM Sharma. In a #Naxal attack #AchyutaNandaSahu was martyred. The entire #DDNnews Family salutes his service and stands by his family in this hour of grief pic.twitter.com/xIh74b055g
— DD News (@DDNewslive) October 30, 2018
Meanwhile, condoling the death of Achyutanand, the director general of Doordarshan said, “Our hearts go out to the families of our brave cameraperson Shri Achyutananda Sahu and CRPF Jawans who laid down their lives in the line of duty.”
Our hearts go out to the families of our brave cameraperson Shri Achyutananda Sahu and CRPF Jawans who laid down their lives in the line of duty. Salute and respect from Doordarshan family. @DDNational @Ra_THORe @prasarbharati @DDNewsLive pic.twitter.com/LU9S3weydG
— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) October 30, 2018
The minister information and broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore too condoled Sahu’s death. “Deeply saddened by the demise of our cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu and two jawans… These insurgents will NOT weaken our resolve. We WILL prevail,” Rathore said in a tweet.
Strongly condemn the Naxal attack on @DDNewsLive crew in Dantewada. Deeply saddened by the demise of our cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu and two jawans of @crpfindia.
These insurgents will NOT weaken our resolve. We WILL prevail.
— RajyavardhanRathore (@Ra_THORe) October 30, 2018
It should be noted that Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 12 and 20.
