Vinod Chaubey

Vinod Kumar Choubey,[1] KC was an Indian Police Service officer who was killed during the Rajnandgaon ambush in July 2009, carried out by Maoist Naxalites.

Choubey was a lecturer of chemistry at the Girls PG College in Bilaspur before joining the state police service of undivided Madhya Pradesh as a Deputy Superintendent (D.S.P.)

Choubey is known to have unearthed a Naxal urban network in the cities of Raipur and Bhilai in 2008, which led to several arrests and confiscation of arms.

After regrouping and clearing fresh road blocks set up by Naxalites, he arrived at a location where a fierce encounter ensued.

Choubey then decided to counter attack, he moved from his position towards the Naxalites in the trenches 10 meters away and fired at them, but was hit by a bullet and finally succumbed to his injuries.