Three Army personnel were killed and several others injured after their truck skidded off the road and fell into a deep🐬 gorge i🦂n Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Subansiri district.
The accident too🧜k place around 6 am on Tuesday on the Trans Arunachal Highway 🃏near Tapi village, police officials said.
Three Army personnel were killed and several others injured after their truck skidded off the road and fell into a deep🐬 gorge i🦂n Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Subansiri district.
The accident took place around 6 am on Tuesday on the Trans Aru🌃nachal Highway near Tapi village, police officials said.
The deceased were identified as Havildar Nakhat Singh, Naik Mukesh Kumar and Grenadier Ashish Kumar, news agency PTI reported citing Army sources.
The Army truck which fell into the gorge was part of a convoy transporting personnel from Daporijo -- t𓃲he district headquarters town of Upper Subansiri -- to Leparada's Basar.
Soon after the incident, locals rushed to the spot an💃d helped rescue the injured p𒁏ersons, retrieving the bodies of the deceased personnel.
The Army's Eastern Command took to X and said, "Lt Gen RC Tiwari, #ArmyCdrEC & All Ranks express deepest condolences on the sad demise of Bravehearts Hav Nakhat Singh, Nk Mukesh Kumar and Gdr Ashish who made the suprem🧸e sacrifice in the line of duty in #ArunachalPradesh. Indian Army stands firmly with the bereaved families."
Chief Minister Pema Khandu mourned the demise of the three Army personnel and said, "I am deeply ♕pained by loss of lives of three @adgpi personnel - Havildar Nakhat Singh, Naik Mukesh Kumar and Grenadier Ashish Kumar - in a tragic accident near Tapi in Upper Subansiri district. Their service to the nation and supreme sacrifice will be remembered with the highest regards."
"My condolജences to the bereaved families. I pray to Lord Budꦏdha for the peace of brave souls. Om Mani Padme Hum," he added.
Earlier in May, at least 22 persons were killed and 57 others injured after their bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jamm🐭u district.
The accident took place at the Tangli morh in the Choki Chora belt of the district, officials said, adding that the bus -- c𓂃arrying 75 passengers -- rolled about 150 feet down the gorge.