Guwahati, April 22 : Three army personnel were died and four others injured while an army vehicle fell off the road and landed in Kundil river in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Dibang Valley district.
The incident took place at Iduli village area when a team of 18 army personnel belonged the Madras Regiment went from Sadia in Assam to Lower Dibang Valley.
Two bodies recovered and search operation still on to find out third deceased army jawan.
Kohima based Defence PRO Colonel Chiranjeet Konwer said that, on the night of April 21-22, when the army was conducting search operations in Kundil Reserve Forest in the general area of Chappa Koa along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border during relocation of the army columns, in the early hours of Sunday, one of the vehicles of the column skidded off the road and fell into a fast flowing stream.
“While two soldiers lost their lives in the incident, one individual is still missing and four others received minor injuries. The injured have been provided medical assistance and search for the missing soldier is continuing,” Colonel Konwer said.
The injured army personnel have been rushed to Chapakhowa First Referral Unit.
(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath)
