Meenu Manhas, wife of paramilitary soldier Rakeshwar Singh
RAIPUR: After ambushing security personnel and killing 22 of them, Maoists claim to have abducted a CoBRA commando, who is listed as missing since the encounter.
“CoBRA constable Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, hailing from Jammu, is alive and safe. He is in our captivity. He will not be harmed. Will give further information in next call,” a man with a heavy voice, claiming to be a Maoist from ‘south sub-zonal bureau’, told a Sukma journalist over mobile phone at 11.26am on Monday.
Manhas’ wife Meenu has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to get her soldier husband back. “I appeal to Modiji to rescue my husband safely, just the way Abhinandan was brought back from Pakistan. I last spoke to him on Friday. He told me he was going on an operation and would speak to me later,” she said.