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Poll Duty: BSF jawan on poll duty killed in accidental grenade explosion in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada | India News
DANTEWADA: A Border Safety Power (BSF) jawan deployed on election responsibility was killed after a grenade in his possession by chance exploded in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Sunday, police stated. The blast occurred when a crew of the BSF‘s seventieth battalion stationed at Katekalyan police station for ballot responsibility was about to launch a search operation, an official right here stated.
The patrolling crew was transferring out of the police station premises when a hand grenade stored in a pouch worn by head constable Balbeer Chand exploded, he stated.
Chand was severely injured and instantly shifted to the Dantewada district hospital, the place medical doctors declared him useless, the official stated.
Chand was a resident of Himachal Pradesh, and his relations have been knowledgeable in regards to the incident, he stated.
An unintentional demise report has been registered, and additional probe is underway, he added.
Dantewada is amongst 20 meeting constituencies which is able to go to polls within the first part of the two-phased elections on November 7.
Extra paramilitary forces have been deployed within the Dantewada meeting section, one of many 12 constituencies within the Naxalite-hit Bastar division.
The patrolling crew was transferring out of the police station premises when a hand grenade stored in a pouch worn by head constable Balbeer Chand exploded, he stated.
Chand was severely injured and instantly shifted to the Dantewada district hospital, the place medical doctors declared him useless, the official stated.
Chand was a resident of Himachal Pradesh, and his relations have been knowledgeable in regards to the incident, he stated.
An unintentional demise report has been registered, and additional probe is underway, he added.
Dantewada is amongst 20 meeting constituencies which is able to go to polls within the first part of the two-phased elections on November 7.
Extra paramilitary forces have been deployed within the Dantewada meeting section, one of many 12 constituencies within the Naxalite-hit Bastar division.
