Malkangiri: In a tragic mishap, a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan died while five others sustained critical injuries in a road accident while returning to their base camp in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Monday night. The incident was reported from Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border at around 2.30 am.

The deceased paramilitary personnel was identified as Gaurav Pandey, a havildar with the 142 battalion of BSF. Pandey was from Uttar Pradesh.

As per reports, a group of six BSF jawans, all hailing from North India, were returning after a month-long holiday to their base camp in Balimela in Malkangiri . After a train journey until Khammam, they hired an Innova and were heading back when their vehicle collided head-on with a truck. The collision was so severe that Pandey died on the spot.

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