CRPF commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who was released by naxals after being captured during an encounter in Chhattisgarh, being welcomed by his family on his arrival, at Jammu.
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CoBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas while being released by Naxals at a Maoist hideout, in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
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CoBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas with social activists while being released by Naxals at a Maoist hideout, in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
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Wife and other family members and relatives of CoBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas celebrate after hearing the news of his release by Naxals, at their residence in Jammu.
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Wife of CRPF Commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas during a protest, demanding his release from the captivity of Naxals, in Jammu.
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Sister of CRPF Commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas reacts during a protest, demanding his release from the captivity of Naxals, in Jammu.
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Family members of CRPF Commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, at their residence in Jammu. Manhas went missing after the ambush in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region.
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Family members and supporters of CRPF Commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas block Jammu Poonch Highway during a protest, demanding his release from the captivity of Naxals, in Jammu.
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Security personnel carry the motal remains of CRPF jawan Shambhu Roy, who died in a gun battle with Maoist rebels in Chhattisgarh, on its arrival at the airport in Agartala.
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Home Minister Amit Shah visits those injured during an attack by Maoists in Chhattisgarh, in Raipur.
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Abducted Quippo Oil and Gas Infrastructure Limited employee, Ram Kumar, after being released by United Liberation Front of Asom—ULFA (I), at Sonari in Charaideo district
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel at a meeting of Central security forces, police and administrative officials, in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgar...
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah lays wreaths at the coffins of 14 CRPF Personnel who lost their lives in Bijapur Naxal attack, in Jagdalpur.
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel visits a CRPF jawan injured in Bijapur Naxal attack, at a hospital in Raipur.
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CRPF personnel carry the coffin of a jawan who lost his life in an encounter with Maoists, in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
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A paramilitary soldier being taken on a stretcher for treatment after he got injured in an encounter with Maoists, at a local hospital in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh.
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Police personnel show cartridges recovered from five Naxals who were killed after an encounter with C60 commandos in Khobra Mendha forest in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra.
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In this photo provided by the Indo Tibetan Border Police, security officers patrol the site of a bombing allegedly by Maoist rebels, killing atleast four policemen, in Narayanpur d...
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Jharkhand Armed Police and CRPF jawans inspect the area after Naxal-triggered IED blast in the forests under Toklo PS near Chaibasa in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. Three m...
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A Jharkhand Police personnel, injured during an IED blast allegedly triggered by maoists in West Singhbhum district, being taken for treatment in Ranchi. Two security personnel wer...
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