Chhattisgarh, June 09: An Additional Superintendent of Police of the Chhattisgarh Police was martyred in a pressure IED blast in the Kotna area of Sukma.
Akash Rao Giripunje, the ASP, was a young and courageous officer from the 2016 batch of the state police service.
Three other officers, including a Station House Officer, a Sub-Divisional Officer of Police and another personnel, were injured and shifted to a government hospital in Jagdalpur.
The ASP, along with others, was en route to inspect an incident in which vehicles engaged in construction work were set ablaze by Maoists.
He was leading the team in the highly sensitive, Maoist-dominated area when the blast occurred. The ASP was rushed to a local hospital in Konta, where doctors declared his condition extremely critical.
Despite all medical efforts, he succumbed to his injuries during treatment.
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