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In such cases, jawans move with extra caution, suspecting that more IEDs are planted, but Vasantha Kumar acted boldly. Otherwise I would have died,” Rao told TOI.“It was a daredevil act,” recalls Sudhir Kumar, commandant of CRPF 85 Battalion in Bijapur. While the rest of the CRPF team took cover, and prepared to retaliate, Vasantha Kumar leapt to the rescue.“He was walking behind me when rebels triggered the blast. “In such a tense situation, Vasantha Kumar gave first-aid to Rao, lifted him and ran all the way to the road where an ambulance was waiting. “After that incident, Vasantha was fondly called daredevil of the battalion,” Kumar said.After Vasantha’s tour of Bijapur, he was posted out in July to Bhadrachalam in Telangana ..