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Chhattisgarh: On Friday, an official said that Seventeen personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) were injured as a mini truck they were travelling in overturned in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh.
A senior police official said that the incident happened in the afternoon when the jawans were heading to Antagarh from their camp in Phulpad village in the district.
According to the preliminary information, He said that the vehicle carrying soldiers of 162nd battalion of BSF was going to Antagarh railway station to drop them as they were going on leave.
Giving details about this incident, he further said,”The vehicle overturned near Kumhari village under Rowghat police station limits on Antagarh-Narayanpur road, leaving 17 of them injured. The injured jawans were taken to a hospital in Narayanpur district headquarters for treatment.”
He also said that four of them were referred to Raipur for further treatment. He added that an investigation into the incident is underway, he added. The BSF is extensively deployed in Kanker district, which falls in Bastar region, for anti-Naxal operations.
