37 Indian forces’ personnel injured in Assam, Chhattisgarh
New Delhi: At least 37 personnel of Indian forces were injured in separate incidents in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled Indian states of Assam, Chhattisgarh and Manipur.
32 personnel of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) were injured when a bus, carrying them back after completing election duty, reportedly rammed into the rear of a truck near Howly on a highway in Assam.
Of the injured personnel, 14, who sustained critical injuries, were admitted to Barpeta Medical College and Hospital (BMCH). One of the injured personnel is reportedly in critical condition and is receiving treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU).
The bus driver, identified as 42-year-old Samsul Hoque, died on the spot.
Meanwhile, four personnel of the 50th Battalion of the Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were injured, two of them seriously, in a blast during the disposal of unserviceable and leftover explosives near the Elarmadgu paramilitary camp in Sukma district of Chhattisgarh.
According to a police official, an Ammunition Technical Team (ATT) of the CRPF’s 50th Battalion had arrived from Jagdalpur at the Elarmadgu camp, under the Konta range, to inspect various camps in the area and safely dispose of unserviceable and leftover explosives.
The team was carrying out the disposal operation in accordance with prescribed safety protocols near Bodrajpadar Nala, approximately 200 metres from the security camp, when a fragment of an explosive device accidentally flew off, landed nearby and detonated, the official said.
Four personnel, deployed for security and the disposal operation, sustained injuries in the blast, he added.
The injured were identified as Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) M.K. Tiwari and Inspector Amarnath Mishra, both members of the ATT team, as well as ASI Anees Khan and Head Constable Kuldeep Raj of the CRPF’s 50th Battalion. Both ASIs sustained serious injuries, the official said.
In another incident, an Indian Rapid Action Force (RAF) head constable was injured after unidentified attackers hurled a grenade at the gate of the B/107 RAF camp at New Lambulane in Imphal East district of Manipur.
The injured soldier has been identified as Dhananjay Rai, who hails from Uttar Pradesh.
