Sandeep told the media that, “We reached the Junagarh borderarea of Bijapur on Saturday morning, and we walked all Friday night to reachthe desire location. We noticed some movement of Naxalites and suddenly theystarted firing at us. We replied them appropriately and our boys showedtremendous bravery while responding to them. Naxalites suddenly attacked us butwe were successful in breaking the circle and we moved forward.”
While talking to the media Sandeep was occasionally smiling,during this, someone clicked his photograph and posted it on social media,which went viral.
The Naxalites open firing and bombed bombs on Sandeep andhis fellow soldiers, Sandeep caught bombs while saving his comrades. Because ofthis, he got injured and on Sunday he was admitted to a private hospital inRaipur, Chhattisgarh. Home Minister Amit Shah come to meet brave soldierSandeep in Ramakrishna Care Hospital in Raipur. When Amit Shah arrived Sandeepwas in the bed and after noticing Home Minister he woke up with a smile andgreeted him. Amit Shah showed confidence and told him he will get well supersoon, rest well.
During interaction with the media, Sandeep shared importantinformation related to the Naxalites movement in Bijapur. He said that, “Peoplefrom the village were continuously in contact with Naxalites and were informingthem about every movement of the soldiers. Because of this update, Naxaliteswere able to take their position on the top of hills to attack Indiansoldiers.” Sandeep further told about how bravely they fought against them andbreak the circle. Due to this act of bravery, the soldiers managed to recover adead body of a female Naxalite. He added they planned for a big encounter butthe soldiers managed to thwart them. Soldiers were a bit lost and surprised bythe sudden attack but few of the Naxalites were killed.