New Delhi, October 7
Two Army personnel were killed and another was injured during a field firing exercise involving a tank in Babina, UP, Army officials said on Friday. The two personnel — naib risaldar Sumer Singh Bagaria and sowar Sukanta Mondal — were hit when the barrel of the T-90 tank burst.
“During the annual firing at Babina Field Firing Ranges on October 6, a tank barrel burst. The tank was manned by a crew of three personnel. The crew was provided medical aid and evacuated to a military hospital in Babina,” said an official.
“The commander of the tank and the gunner succumbed to burns,” the official said.
