Chhattisgarh: DD-cameraman records message for mother thinking it's his last

The trio had gone to the Maoist-affected state for coverage of state polls, scheduled for next month.

37-year-old Kumar said Sahu volunteered to sit behind the jawan right up front, and placed his camera on his thigh.

"He told me a camera will probably assure people that we are journalists, and wouldn't be attacked," Kumar was quoted by IE.

But soon they were ambushed.

Further, Kumar said when the motorcycle he was on lost balance, he rolled into a ditch. Sharma also crawled towards him.

"For the next 45 minutes, I just heard sounds of bullets and grenades. There were about 200 Naxals," he said.

He revealed some grenades fell close to them but thankfully they didn't explode. He said police reached soon and pushed Naxals into the forest.

On Tuesday morning, Sahu, who joined DD in 2013, spoke to his wife Himanchali telling about his morning chores.

When Himanchali saw the news on TV, she became speechless.

"When I rushed to her, she was just sitting in bed and crying... she told me she didn't have the strength to ask for help when she saw the news," her landlady Praveen Moore said.