Three jawans of Seema Shashatra Bal (SSB) were electrocuted and nine others injured at Birpur in Bihar’s Supaul district on Friday after they came in contact with a high tension wire passing over their camp, according to officials of the SSB, which guards India’s border with Nepal and Bhutan.
S K Sarangi, deputy inspector general (DIG) of SSB in Purnia sector, said, “Three jawans died on the spot while nine others were injured. They are undergoing treatment. An inquiry has been initiated.”
Alleging lackadaisical and apathetic attitude on the part of North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (NBPDCL), a state-run power distribution company, he said, “We have been writing to them to relocate the high tension wire, which is passing over the camp, but they have not taken it seriously and as a result, this tragic incident has taken place.”
