BSF jawan killed, six injured in road mishap on Andhra - Chhattisgarh border

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A Border Security Force (BSF) unit died connected the spot, and six of his colleagues sustained large injuries erstwhile their car deed a culvert connected the nationalist road adjacent Gorlagudem nether Chintoor constabulary limits successful Alluri Sitarama Raju territory connected the Andhra Pradesh-Chhattisgarh borderline connected Tuesday.

The deceased BSF unit has been identified arsenic Gourav Kumar Pandey from Uttar Pradesh. 

The mishap occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday, erstwhile the 7 BSF jawans belonging to the 142 Battalion were travelling from their basal campy successful Khammam, Telangana, to their reporting campy astatine Balimela successful Odisha. The radical was travelling successful a privately hired car. 

In an authoritative release, Chintoor Sub-Inspector P. Ramesh said; “The six BSF unit who survived person been shifted to a backstage infirmary successful Bhadrachalam and they are retired of danger.”

The assemblage of Gourav Kumar Pandey is being kept astatine the Government Area Hospital successful Chintoor and a lawsuit has been registered.

Published - October 21, 2025 09:19 p.m. IST

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