Election Commission has said that election will go on as per schedule. Diligent and courageous, he assiduously served the people of Chhattisgarh.
Attacks on Indian forces by jungle-based Maoist units are frequent and often deadly in Chhattisgarh, a poor and restive state. "Om Shanti", Modi tweeted. "The sacrifices of these martyrs will not go in vain", Modi tweeted.
Former Chief Minister Raman Singh said, "I'm in contact with central ministers; spoke to PM an hour ago".
"His demise is deeply anguishing".
"According to our preliminary investigation, five people have died", said P. Sundar Raj, the state's police deputy inspector general for anti-Maoist operations.
Just 10 days before the Assembly elections previous year, naxals killed a cameraperson of DD News, Achyutanand Sahu, in an ambush in insurgency-hit Dantewada district.