CRPF personnel carry ailing teenager on cot for 8 km for treatment

Coming to the rescue of a boy suffering from jaundice in Gumodi's District in Chhattisgarh, CRPF personnel carried him for 8 km on a cot, so as to accord him medical treatment at a camp in Kondasawali.

Sukma (Chhattisgarh): Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel carried an ailing 13-year-old on a cot for 8 kilometres from his village to a medical camp in Kondasawali.

Jeetendra Yadav, Commandant of 231 BN, told the media, "While patrolling on Thursday, troops of 231 Battalion of security forces found a boy in Gumodi village who was suffering from jaundice. The troops carried the kid for 8 km and got him treated in the camp here in Kondasawali."

He further said, "The villagers were initially not ready to allow the troops to take the child to the camp due to fear of Naxalites in the area. However, after a lot of convincing, they agreed."

The official also informed that the boy, a resident of Aranpur, one of the Naxal-affected areas in Sukma district, was treated by Dr Avinash of the same battalion and that his condition was now stable.