Two troopers die whereas loading ammunition throughout coaching train in Bikaner | Newest Information India

The 2 troopers died on the spot whereas yet another was significantly injured. The physique of the deceased troopers has been despatched to Navy Hospital in Suratgarh.

The accident got here to gentle when a sudden explosion was heard throughout a coaching train. Senior officers, together with CO Lunkaransar Narendra Poonia, rushed to the spot. Officers imagine {that a} mistake through the ammunition loading train might need prompted the explosion. “The charger exploded whereas the troopers had been loading the ammunition,” mentioned the defence spokesperson.

“There have been three troopers who had been practising with the tank. Ashutosh Mishra and Jitendra died within the explosion. The injured soldier has been taken to Chandigarh in a helicopter,” Circle Officer Lunkaransar (Bikaner) Narendra Kumar Poonia mentioned.

Whereas Mishra was from Deoria in Uttar Pradesh, Jitendra hailed from Dausa in Rajasthan.

Havildar lifeless

The incident is the second case of dying in Bikaner’s Mahajan subject firing vary.

On December 15, Havildar (Gunner) Chandra Prakash Patel of the 199th Medium Regiment died whereas towing a gun automobile throughout a coaching train. In line with India At the moment, the incident occurred throughout routine artillery deployments.

Defence officers reported that Patel, 31, misplaced his life throughout an operational train whereas serving because the detachment commander within the Gun Battery. The incident occurred round 9:40 pm when Patel was within the strategy of attaching a gun to a towing automobile. The automobile misplaced traction on the ramp of a gun pit and slipped backward, critically injuring him.

Patel was instantly rushed to the closest Discipline Hospital in an Military ambulance however succumbed to his accidents throughout therapy. A court docket of inquiry has been convened to analyze the incident. Defence sources confirmed to India At the moment that this case qualifies as a battle casualty as a consequence of its incidence throughout an operational train.