Overview
- Police identified the victim as Rakesh Kumar, who was struck when an uprooted tree crashed into the CRPF camp at Babu Dera in Saranda forest.
- He suffered critical head injuries, was airlifted to a hospital in Ranchi for advanced care, and died during treatment.
- IG Operations Dr Michael Raj confirmed the incident and the constable’s death at the Saranda deployment.
- Authorities opened an investigation to determine how the storm felled the tree and to review conditions at the camp.
- Kumar served in the CRPF’s elite CoBRA unit that targets Maoist groups in the Kolhan region, and a tribute in Ranchi will precede sending his body to his native village in Bihar.