Moments after he won the mixed team gold with archer Sheetal Devi at the Para Asian Games in Nagoya on Thursday, Toman Kumar Taram sent a photo of himself, holding the medal and the national flag, to the WhatsApp group of the CRPF’s 209th CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) unit.

Toman, 31, was a CoBRA commando until February 2022, when he lost his left foot in an IED (improvised explosive device) blast during an anti-Maoist operation in Lohardaga, Jharkhand. He is now a constable with the CRPF.

En route to their gold, Toman and Sheetal, an armless archer, set a world record of 1,402 points during the qualification round, before registering a 151-148 win over Indonesia’s Teodora Audi Ayudia Ferelly and Ken Swagumilang.…