Maoists free CoBRA commando after 5 days of captivity
Updated Apr 9, 2021, 10:33 am IST
Maoists had grilled him to extract information on the strength of the security forces deployed in the region and the weapons they use
They (Naxals) treated me well when I was in their custody, said Manhas. ANI
Raipur: The CRPF’s CoBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas walked free on Thursday evening after spending five days in Maoists custody.
The jawan of 210 CoBRA battalion who was abducted by Maoists after the April 3 Naxal ambush on security forces in Terram on Sukma-Bijapur border in Chhattisgarh’s south Bastar region was handed over to a four-member emissary team, constituted by the Chhattisgarh government to negotiate his release, at an undisclosed location.