13 Tripura State Rifles injured as bus falls into gorge

Agartala: At least 13 Tripura State Rifles (TSR) personnel have sustained serious injuries when a bus carrying them fell into a gorge at Bankumari area in Baramura hill range, about 35 km from here, a senior police officer said on Tuesday.
A contingent of 29 TSR personnel was on its way to Agartala from battalion headquarters at Chhailengta in Dhalai district when the accident occurred around 8.30pm, SP Krishnendu Chakravertty said. The jawans were scheduled to leave for election duty at Chhattisgarh.
“The bus, with 29 jawans, lost control near Bankumari area in Khowai district and rolled into a gorge. There are no reports of casualties but at least 13 of them were hospitalized in critical condition,” the SP said. (PTI)