DD Cameraman Achyutananda Sahu was killed along with two police officers (Twitter/Doordarshan)
A Doordarshan journalist and two police personnel were killed and two more policemen injured Tuesday in an ambush by Maoists in the Aranpur sector of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh. Senior police officials said that DD cameraperson Achutynanda Sahu, sub-inspector Rudra Pratap and Constable Manglu were killed in the attack less than two weeks before Dantewada, and the rest of Bastar goes to polls on November 12.
While the two injured personnel were airlifted to Raipur and are said to be stable, the attack, in which police said three Maoists were also killed, comes just three days after an IED blast in Bijapur left four CRPF personnel dead and two others injured.
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Senior police officials said that on Tuesday morning, a Chhattisgarh Police team left the Aranpur camp, towards Neelavaya village on motorcycles, 5 km off the main road. They were accompanied by a three-member DD team that arrived in Bastar two days ago to cover the election. The DD team comprised reporter Dhiraj Kumar, and light assistant Mormukt Sharma and Sahu.
“At around 10.30 am,…
