Anti-Maoist campaign turned into a mission to save the mother to be born. India News – Times of India

Raipur: Anti-Maoist operation turned into a rescue operation after security forces spotted a pregnant woman in agony. Bastarof Dantewada district on Tuesday. The Maoists cut the only unpaved road leading to the village, the jawans converted a cot into a stretcher and carried her on their shoulders to a patrol vehicle, which took her to the hospital where she gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
“District Reserve Guard personnel were marching through a nearby forest Burgum area of cuaconda When he saw a pregnant woman who needed immediate hospitalization. Ambulances could not reach the village or the main road as the road was dug up by the Maoists at many places. Siddharth Tiwari Told TOI. The youth swung into action. He tied a cot to a large bamboo stick, put the woman on the cot, and carried her for 3 km to a place where a DRG The patrol vehicle was waiting to pick him up Palnari Hospital, about 90 km away. Officials said she gave birth to a boy and both the mother and the child are healthy.
A video of the soldiers carrying the woman has been widely shared on social media.
“In militancy-affected areas, where security personnel are deployed, their duty spreads through fighting Naxalites To protect the local population and help the people,” the SP said.
Cuakonda is a Maoist hotspot. Insurgents often dig up roads to create fear among the villagers and discourage people from engaging in development activities. The dug up roads make life difficult for the villagers but the Maoists use tactics to maintain their grip on the local population and restrict the movement of vehicles of the security forces.