Six personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) sustained injuries when they crossed a herd of wild elephants during an anti-Naxal training session at the Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary.
As part of the joint training session with the Special Operation Group (SOG), Odisha’s elite anti-Naxal force, the BSF personnel were at the wildlife sanctuary near here during the night on Friday. The training was meant for acclimatising the personnel to a dense forest in the dead of night.
According to sources in the BSF, the wild elephants chased BSF and SOG personnel when they encountered them. They slipped and fell as they ran from the spot. Three BSF personnel escaped with minor injuries but three others are in a critical condition. They were first rushed to the SUM Medical College and Hospital and subsequently to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar.
