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  • Chhattisgarh: Naxals kill STF jawan during his medical leave 

    By PTI

    BIJAPUR: A 26-year-old jawan of the Chhattisgarh police’s Special Task Force (STF), who was on a month-long medical leave and undergoing treatment in his native village in Bijapur district of the state, was allegedly killed by Naxals, an official said on Friday.

    The incident took place in Reddy Road area late Thursday night and preliminary investigation suggests that the jawan was severely thrashed before being strangulated to death, the senior police official said.The deceased STF jawan was identified as Arjun Kudiyam, a resident of Dhanora village located under Gangaloor police station limits.He was on medical leave for one month and was taking treatment by staying in his native village, he said.

    “Ultras killed the jawan and dumped his body on Reddy Road.Members of the Gangaloor Area Committee of Maoists have dropped some pamphlets claiming the responsibility of the incident.But it is a matter of investigation whether the jawan had reached the spot on his own or was abducted by Naxals,” the police official added.

    “Preliminary police investigation suggests that Kudiyam might have been badly beaten up before he was strangulated to death. However, the exact reason behind his death would be clear in the autopsy report,” he said.

    Police have sent the body to a government hospital for post-mortem and launched a probe after registering an offence in this connection, he added.

  • Kidnapped medical student rescued, three held after gunfight: Uttar Pradesh STF

    By PTI
    NOIDA: A medical student who was kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda district on January 18 for ransom has been rescued and three people, including a doctor who allegedly plotted the conspiracy, arrested, police said on Friday.

    The accused were held following an exchange of gunfire at the Zero Point here on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway while the trio was in a car, the police said.

    “The abducted student, Gaurav Haldhar, was rescued safely from the car in the joint operation by the Noida unit of the Special Task Force (STF) and the Gonda Police,” according to an official statement.

    Haldhar, a resident of Kashipur in the Payagpur area of Bahraich district, is pursuing Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery (BAMS) from the SCPM College of Nursing and Medical Sciences, Haripur in Gonda and was residing in the hostel.

    The trio has been identified as mastermind Dr.Abhishek Singh, who has a BAMS degree from an institute in Bengaluru, Nitesh Bihari and Mohit Singh, the STF said.

    The accused had demanded a ransom of Rs 70 lakh from Haldhar’s father over a phone call, a day after the student’s kidnapping, prompting his family to approach the police.

    Haldhar was honey-trapped by a woman known to the conspiracy’s mastermind and she had called him for a meeting in Gonda on January 18 but instead he was kidnapped and brought to Delhi by the accused, according to the STF.