The CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) trooper of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), who was abducted by the Communist Party of Indian-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) after the April 3 encounter at Tarrem in Sukma District of Chhattisgarh was released with a video showing armed Maoists untying him in the presence of hundreds of villagers on April 8, reports The Hindu. On the request of the Chhattisgarh Police, social activists Dharampal Saini (91), Tellam Boraiah and seven journalists secured the release of Rakeshwar Singh Minhas. Bastar Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sundarraj P said constable Rakeshwar Singh Manhas (34) of the 210th CoBRA was freed by the Maoists and he reached the "Tarrem police station safely around 4:30 PM along with the facilitators, who went inside the jungle to trace out his location".