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Sahu and two security personnel were killed on October 30 in a Naxal attack in Dantewada district, located around 450 km from the state capital Raipur.
The attack comes before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's scheduled visit on Friday to Jagdalpur district, about 100 km from Dantewada, to campaign for the BJP.
Raman Singh, who has ruled Chhattisgarh for 15 years, also dismissed any impact of Congress president Rahul Gandhi's promise of farm loan waivers in his state on the upcoming assembly elections.
The police are investigating whether the man who alerted them regarding the 'Maoist' presence held any grudge against the shooter.
Sharma, a 35-year-old lighting assistant of DD News, and journalist Dhiraj Kumar survived miracously the attack.
When the MPV carrying six personnel was around one km away from the camp, ultras triggered a powerful land mine blast.
The Nadukani area committee of Maoists expressed displeasure over what it termed as the 'double stance of the government'.
The blast could have led to a major accident, but it was averted due to the alertness of railway staff Mubarak Hussain and Chandra Kumar.
By-polls to three Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka will be held on November 3.
In view of next month's Assembly polls, the security forces have intensified the patrolling in the interior forests of the Naxal-hit districts.