Body of CRPF official to be brought to Nashik
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The physique of an Assistant Commandant of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who was killed in an improvised explosive gadget (IED) blast triggered by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, will be brought to his native place Nashik in Maharashtra for the final rites, an official stated on Sunday.
Nitin Bhalerao, 33, an officer of the CRPF’s jungle warfare unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action), was killed, whereas 9 commandos had been injured within the IED blast in Chhattisgarh on Saturday evening, officers stated.
Bhalerao was a resident of Devpur village in Niphad taluka of Nashik, sources within the district administration stated. “After the post-mortem, Bhalerao’s mortal remains will be brought to Mumbai from Raipur and later to Nashik. His last rites will be performed with full State honours at the time decided by his relatives,” District Collector Suraj Mandhare stated.
Maharashtra’s Food and Civil Supplies Minister and NCP chief Chhagan Bhujbal, who can be the Guardian Minister of Nashik, in a message stated the nation has misplaced a courageous son.
“I and my family are with Bhalerao’s family in this hour of grief and I offer him tribute on behalf of the State government,” he stated.
Bhalerao joined the CRPF in 2010 and had joined the CoBRA unit in 2019. The CoBRA was raised by the CRPF in 2009 as a particular guerrilla fight wing for enterprise anti-Naxal operations in addition to combating insurgents within the Northeast.
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