PRINCE KUMAR
Ranchi, Sept 29: Chief Minister Hemant Soren and various police officers, including DGP Neeraj Sinha paid homage to the martyred Deputy Commandant Rajesh Kumar on Wednesday at Jharkhand Jaguar’s headquarters at Tender Village. Along with this, the body of the martyr has been sent to his home district Munger (Bihar).
The Chief Minister said the state has lost the deputy commandant during a search operation. “May God give peace to the soul of the brave martyr and give strength to the bereaved family to bear the grief,” Soren said in a tweet.
झारखण्ड जगुआर के डिप्टी कमांडेंट वीर शहीद राजेश कुमार को शत-शत नमन।
परमात्मा दिवंगत आत्मा को शांति प्रदान कर शोक संतप्त परिवार को दुःख की यह विकट घड़ी सहन करने की शक्ति दे। pic.twitter.com/JCxe7RRumt— Hemant Soren (@HemantSorenJMM) September 29, 2021
Deputy commandant Kumar belonged to the BSF’s 84 battalion. He was on deployment in Jharkhand Jaguar, also known as special task force (STF), since 2018.
At a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on ‘Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and related issues on both security and development’ on Sunday, Chief Minister Soren had sought extension of the Special Central Assistance fund for LWE affected districts in the state.
“The problem of Left Wing Extremism is a big challenge for both the central and the state governments. As much as the responsibility of ending it is on the state government, the responsibility lies with the central government as well,” Soren had said at the meeting.
He had also urged the Centre to write off a bill of Rs 10,000 crore raised by the Ministry of Home Affairs for the deployment of central security forces in Jharkhand.
