In an unfortunate incident, at least six Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were injured during the accidental mortar blast at Kishangarh field firing range in Jaisalmer on Tuesday morning, May 30.
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The incident took place at about 8:30 am when a 51mm mortar missed its target at the forces' firing range along the Kishangarh town, near the Indo-Pak border when the troops were participating in a firing exercise.
The injured were taken to taken to Ramgarh for medical aid, while two of the critically injured were airlifted to Jodhpur.
#Jaisalmer, in the field firing range at #Kishangarh #mortar #bomb blasted .9#BSF jawan injured 2 critical @News18India pic.twitter.com/3qUa51RpVS
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This is the third such incident this year. On March 24, six BSF personnel were injured in a similar mortar shell blast during firing practice in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district. The troops were in a practice session for firing mortars when the 51mm mortar fell short of its desired target and injured the men.
On March 17, a similar incident had injured four more BSF personnel in the same firing range of Jaisalmer where the unfortunate incident took place on Tuesday.
