11 Indian CRPF personnel injured in Chhattisgarh
Raipur: At least 11 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in Chhattisgarh state in India.
According to Kashmir Media Service, at least 11 Indian CRPF soldiers and the driver, on way to their election duty for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, were injured after the ambulance they were traveling in met with an accident in Jagdalpur area of Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, an official said.
The official said the ambulance was taking the 11 CRPF personnel of the 188 battalion from Jagdalpur to Kondagaon for the Lok Sabha election duty when the vehicle went out of control in Ratanga of Lohandiguda block and overturned.
The cause of the accident was not immediately known but it is learnt that the CRPF personnel of the 188 battalion were being taken from Jagdalpur to Kondagaon in an ambulance when the vehicle went out of control in Ratenga of Lohandiguda block and overturned.
Since Bastar division is a Naxal affected area, additional security personnel have been deployed in Bastar for the elections.
