CRPF commando killed in anti-Naxal operation cremated

ndi Ahmedgarh, January 16

The body of CRPF commando Harjit Singh (40), who was killed under mysterious circumstances in Chhatisgarh’s Sukma district during an anti-Naxal operation on Friday, was cremated at the crematorium at Ghungrana village on Saturday.

Senior functionaries of CRPF Headquarters at Jalandhar and the Jodhan police station laid wreaths on the body of the deceased.

Though the exact sequence of events leading to death of Harjit Singh were not disclosed, his parents Kulwant Singh and Gurdev Kaur informed that their son had succumbed to a single bullet injury received during the operation of the CRPF, that started on Thursday night.

A team of the 206th CoBRA had reportedly launched the operation from its Temelwada Camp based on inputs about movement of the Naxals and laid an ambush on Koyalmeta hill in Chhatisgarh. — OC