BREAKING | Chhattisgarh Maoist Group Claims To Have Missing CRPF Jawan In Captivity; Shares Letter With Demands

<p><strong>Raipur:</strong> In a major development, Maoists group responsible for killing of as many as 22 security personnel on Saturday have claimed to have held captive the missing Central Reserve Police Force's (CRPFs) jawan. The news was announced by the Maoists group in a official released, where they have put forth their demands to release the Army jawan.</p> <p>The declaration comes days after 22 security personnel were killed and 31 injured in a fierce gun battle with a platoon of over 300 People's Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district.</p> <p>CRPF's Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, from the 3.25 lakh strong paramilitary force's elite CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), went still missing and search operation is still on to trace him.</p> <p><strong>Here's the letter issued by Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA):</strong><br /><img src="https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2021/04/06/a550fa93bdd9a624c45f05b2686208db_original.JPG" /></p> <p><br /><img src="https://feeds.abplive.com/onecms/images/uploaded-images/2021/04/06/97eab812a11b0484183f2c02d6cbffa6_original.JPG" /></p> <p>The gun battle took place on Saturday noon near Tekulgudem village under Tarrem police station in which eight personnel of Chhattisgarh's District Reserve Guard (DRG) and six of Special Task Force (STF), seven from CRPF's CoBRA and one from its Bastaria Battalion lost their lives.</p>...